You know that any website you visit or any website you search on the net is stored in your browser history right? In fact, your Google searches are also stored online (if web history in Google is enabled).
There are pros and cons to recording your browsing history. The advantage is that it is searchable and you can look up the website you visited or the search term you used if you have trouble recalling things. And the downside.. well, it’s searchable. Well, anyone with access to your PC can check what you’ve checked, including Google.
We talked about turning on private browsing in Firefox permanently so that no one can see your browsing history. This guide explains how to manually clear your Google search history through your browser and Google account.
How to clear Google search history in Internet Explorer
If you are an Internet Explorer user then you can clear the history by going to Tools->Internet Options.
Now in the Browsing History area click on the “Clear” button.
The Clear Browsing History window will appear. Click the “Clear History” button if you want to delete a record of all the websites you have visited. Click the Remove Password button, if you want to delete cookies, temporary internet files, form data, and passwords.
Note that IE will delete all your saved passwords, so if you don’t want to delete it, click the buttons one after the other except the “Clear Password” button.
How to clear Google search history on Firefox
Clearing Firefox history is similar. Go to Tools->Clear Recent History or just press Ctrl+Shift+Del button on your keyboard.
Clear the Recent History box that appears. Now check the options you want to remove. We recommend you to check Browsing and Download History, Forms and Search history, Cookies, Cache preferences.
After checking the options, click the “Delete Now” button.
How to delete search history on Google Chrome
In Google chrome, click the wrench icon in the top right. Now select “Options” from the drop-down menu. In the options panel, go to the “Under the hood” tab. Here, click the “Clear browsing data” button.
Now check all the boxes except “delete saved passwords” (if important passwords are saved in Chrome). Click the “Clear browsing data” button. It will delete all browsing and download history, cache, cookies from the browser.
How to delete search history on Google Toolbar
You’ve cleared your Google search history from IE, Firefox, and Chrome, but there are still some reasons to worry. The Google toolbar also stores your search history. You can delete it by typing any letter in the search box and then clicking the “Clear history” link.
Here is a good video describing the whole process.
How to Clear Google Web History
You have deleted your web history from your computer. But there are traces left. Where do you ask? On Google’s web server. Yes, Google records your data to help you get better search results.
So how to stop Google from recording all your web history? By going to Google Account settings. Open Google.com. If you’re signed in to your Google account, click Settings-> Google Account Settings.
If you’re not signed in, then Google can’t log your web history (well, officially at least). Remember that if you are signed in to Google sites like Gmail or Orkut then you are automatically signed in to your Google account and Google can record your web history easily.
Now click on the “Web History” link.
In your web history, you will see a record of all your web activities. You can click the “Pause” link in the left pane to prevent Google from recording your browsing data, and click Clear Items to clear all your saved web history. This will also delete all web history from Google servers.
When you click the Remove item link on the left, Google will ask for your credentials again, and when you enter it correctly, a delete button will appear. You can choose what to delete by checking individual items. You can also delete your entire web history by clicking the “Clear all web history” link.
This way, you can remove all traces of your Google search history from your computer and Google servers. Again, it’s up to you to continue with those steps. If you are too worried about your privacy then you can go all the way and delete Google web history. On the other hand, clearing the browser history from time to time is enough.
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