Activity is saved when you’re signed in to your Google Account. For limited purposes, like business or legal requirements, Google may keep certain data for a period of time. If you’re using a work or school Google Account, some data might not be available for download.
- Not all of the data that’s saved to your account shows up in My Activity.
- Some websites and apps might share certain activity with Google.
- Your Activity controls control most of the activity data that’s saved to your account.
- You can automatically delete some of the activity in your Google Account.
- When Web & App Activity is on, you can include images you use to search as part of your activity.
- Your search and ad results may be customized using search-related activity even if you’re signed out.
Require an extra step to find your full history on My Activity
Some websites and apps use Google services, like Search, Maps, or Ads. If you visit these websites and apps while signed in to your Google Account, your activity might show up in My Activity. If you use a shared device or sign in with multiple accounts, you may find activity from another signed in account. Your search history can also be saved to your device, like when you use the Google app while you’re signed out of your Google Account. You can manage your search history by deleting individual searches or clearing or pausing search history. Learn more about your data in YouTube and managing your YouTube activity.
You can turn Web & App Activity off or delete past activity at any time. Learn how to improve your experience with your Google Account checklist. We aim to remove it from view, and the data no longer personalizes your Google experience. You can automatically delete some of the activity in your Google Account.
Manage your Google data with My Activity
If you’re a super administrator of your Google domain, you can download or migrate your organization’s data. For more information about how Google treats search queries generally, review the Privacy Policy FAQ. For limited purposes, like business or legal requirements, Google can retain certain types of data for an extended period of time. You can control most of the information and data in My Activity.
What happens when my Google activity is deleted?
Your Activity controls control most of the activity data that’s saved to your account. This activity helps make your experience on Google faster and more useful. When you erase activity manually or it’s erased automatically, the process starts to remove it from the product and systems. Learn how to delete past searches, browsing history, and other activity in My Activity. My Activity is a central place to view and manage activity such as searches you’ve done, websites you’ve visited, and videos you’ve watched. Even if your search history isn’t saved to your Google Account, or you delete it from My Activity, your browser might track it.
- You can create an archive to preserve for your records or use the data in another service.
- If you visit these websites and apps while signed in to your Google Account, your activity might show up in My Activity.
- Learn more about your Visual Search History and where your images may be saved from.
- My Activity is a central place to view and manage activity such as searches you’ve done, websites you’ve visited, and videos you’ve watched.
- We then begin a process designed to safely and completely erase the data from our storage systems.
Delete your activity automatically
Google can also use this data to improve and develop its services, track outages, and prevent fraud and abuse. Personalization is only used if it can provide more relevant and helpful information. This page explains how Google shows personalized results and how to control them. We then begin a process designed to safely and completely erase the data from our storage systems.
Change search history saved on your computer
To view and control other account information, open your Google Account. Not all of the data that’s saved to your account shows up in My Activity. If you delete activity, it won’t be used to personalize your Google experience.
Some websites and apps might share certain activity with Google. To strengthen your privacy on shared devices, you can choose to require an extra verification step to view your full history on My Activity. Your Google activity data is listed as individual items, starting with the most recent. Your Chrome history zurcoin chart is saved only if you’re signed in to Chrome and syncing your history.
Turn off & delete activity
You can delete a specific activity, or delete your search history from a specific day, week, or ever. When you search on Google with “Web & App Activity” on, Google saves activity like your search history to your Google Account. When you erase your recent searches from the search bar, it’s also erased from My Activity. You can export and download personal information you store in your Google Account while you’re signed in to Chrome. You can create an archive to preserve for your records or use the data in another service. If Web & App Activity is on, Google can use, and infer interests from, this data to give you more personalized experiences.
For example, if you’ve turned on Timeline, that data is saved to your Maps Timeline instead. If you think activity on your account was done by someone else, take steps to help keep your account secure. Sometimes Google predicts what you’d like to view next and serves this content to you.
Delete activity in other places
Your search and ad results may be customized using search-related activity even if you’re signed out. To turn off this kind of search customization, you can search and browse privately. When Web & App Activity is on, you can include images you use to search as part of your activity. Learn more about your Visual Search History and where your images may be saved from.