Delete your activity

When you use Google sites, apps, and services, some of your activity is saved in your Google Account. You can find and delete your activity in the "My Activity" section of your account. You can also stop Google from saving most of your activity at any time.

Delete all activity

On your iPhone or iPad, go to myactivity.google.com.
Above your activity, tap Delete .
Tap All time Next Delete.

Delete one activity

For example, this could be a search you did on Google or a website you visited on Chrome. To delete an activity:

On your iPhone or iPad, go to myactivity.google.com.
Scroll down to the activity you want to delete.
- To help find it, you can:
  - Browse by day.
  - Search or use filters.
On the activity you want to delete, tap Delete .

Delete your Activity

Delete activity by date or product

On your iPhone or iPad, go to myactivity.google.com.
Scroll down to your activity.
Filter your activity.
- You can filter by date and product at the same time.
  - To filter by date:
    1. Tap Calendar .
    2. Choose a date.
    3. From the drop down, you can select a time or enter your own start and end dates.
  - To filter by product:
    1. Tap Search .
    2. Select the Google products you want to add.
      - Some Google products don't save activity in My Activity.
Delete activity.
- To delete all your filtered activities: Next to the search bar, tap Delete Delete Results.
- To delete certain items: On the item you want to delete, tap Delete .

Delete your activity automatically

You can automatically delete some of the activity in your Google Account.

On your iPhone or iPad, open the Gmail app .
At the top right, tap your profile picture or initial Manage your Google Account.
- If you don't use Gmail, go to myaccount.google.com.
At the top, tap Data & privacy.
Scroll to "History settings."
Tap the activity or history setting you want to auto-delete.
Scroll and tap Auto-delete.
Tap how long you want to keep your activity.
To save your choice, tap Next Confirm.

Tip: Some activities may disappear faster than the time frame you choose. For example, location info about your device’s general area and your IP address are deleted from your Web & App Activity after 30 days.

Delete activity in other places

Sometimes, your activity is saved in places other than My Activity.

Example: If you've turned on Timeline, the activity data is saved to your Maps Timeline. You can delete most of your activity that's saved in those places.

To remove other activity saved to your account:

On your iPhone or iPad, go to myactivity.google.com.
Above your activity, in the search bar, tap More Other activity.
From here you can:
- Delete certain activity: Below the activity, tap Delete.
- Find where to delete activity: Below the activity, tap Visit, View, or Manage.

Delete other activity saved to your account

On your iPhone or iPad, go to myactivity.google.com.
Above your activity, in the search bar, tap More Other Activity.
From here you can:
- Delete certain activity: Below the activity, tap Manage Activity Details Delete.
- Find where to delete activity: Below the activity, tap Details.

Delete browser activity

Your activity might be stored in your browser, even if you delete it from My Activity.

On Chrome, learn how to delete browsing history and other browsing data.
If you use another browser, check the browser’s help center to find out how to delete activity there.

Delete Google app searches from your device

If you use the Google app on your iPhone or iPad:

Your activity might be saved to the device, even if you delete it from My Activity.
Activity you delete in the Google app might not be deleted from My Activity.

Delete recent searches

To delete recent searches that show up below the search bar:

On your iPhone or iPad, open the Google app .
Tap the search bar View all.
Swipe left on the search you want to remove.
Tap Delete.

Delete all past searches

On your iPhone or iPad, open the Google app .
Tap the search bar View all.
Tap Clear all Clear on-device history.

Stop saving searches

On your iPhone or iPad, open the Google app .
At the bottom right, tap More Turn on incognito.
- This also stops recent searches from showing up below the search bar.

Learn how to browse in Incognito mode.

Turn off & delete activity

You can control most of the information and data in My Activity.

Go to your Google Account.
At the top, select Data & privacy.
Under "History settings," select an activity or history setting you don't want to save.
Under the setting you don’t want to save, select Turn off.
Turn off the setting, or choose to Turn off or Turn off and delete activity.
- If you choose “Turn off and delete activity,” select and confirm what activity you want to delete.

Tip: Some activity is not included in My Activity.

Stop saving activity temporarily

You can browse in Incognito mode.

Tip: If you sign in to your Google Account in a private browser window, your search activity may be stored in that account.

Fix problems

Deleted activity shows in My Activity:

Make sure the device is connected to the internet.If you delete items from My Activity on one device, they might still appear on any devices that are offline. When the device connects to the internet, the items will be removed.
Clear your cache and cookies.

Learn what happens when your Google activity is deleted

When you choose to manually or automatically delete activity, it starts the removal of your activity from the product and system.

First, we aim to remove it from view and the data may no longer be used to personalize your Google experience.

We then begin a process designed to safely and completely delete the data from our storage systems.

Along with helping you delete data manually or automatically, Google may delete some types of activity sooner when it’s no longer useful to improve your experience.

For limited purposes, like business or legal requirements, Google may retain certain types of data for an extended period of time.