Check or delete your Chrome browsing history

You can check or delete your browsing history, continue browsing, and find related searches in Chrome.

When you delete your browsing history in Chrome, it’s also deleted on your devices where you’re signed in to Chrome and have your history synced to your Google Account.

Tip: Separately, you can also delete your Google search history from your account.

What your History lists

Your History lists the pages you've visited on Chrome in the last 90 days. It doesn't store:;

  • Chrome pages like chrome://settings
  • Pages you’ve visited in private browsing
  • Deleted pages from your browsing history

Tip: If you're signed in to Chrome and sync your history, then your History also shows pages you’ve visited on your synced devices.

Find your history
  1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Chrome app Chrome.
  2. At the top right, tap More More and then History.
    • If your address bar is at the bottom, swipe up on the address bar. Tap History History.
  3. To visit a site, tap the entry.
    • To open the site in a new tab, touch and hold the entry. At the top right, tap More More and then Open in new tab.
    • To copy the site, touch and hold the entry. At the top right, tap More More and then Copy link.
Delete your history
  1. On your Android device, open Chrome Chrome.
  2. At the top right, tap More More and then History.
    • If your address bar is at the bottom, swipe up on the address bar. Tap History History.
  3. Tap Delete browsing data.
  4. Next to "Time range:"
    • To delete a portion of your history, select the dates.
    • To delete everything, tap All time.
  5. Check the box next to "Browsing history."
  6. Uncheck any other data you don't want to delete.
  7. Tap Delete data.

Learn how to delete your search history.

Delete an item from your history
  1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Chrome app Chrome.
  2. At the top right, tap More More and then History.
    • If your address bar is at the bottom, swipe up on the address bar before you tap History History.
  3. Find the entry you want to delete.
  4. To the right, tap Remove Remove.

To delete multiple items:

  1.  Touch and hold an entry.
  2. Select other entries you want to delete.
  3. At the top right, tap Remove Remove.
Tips:
  • To search for something specific, at the top right, tap Search Search.
  • You can remove an item from a specific site’s history while on that site:
    • Tap Page info Default (Secure) and then Last visited History and then Remove Remove.

Remove an image from New Tab page

  1. On your Android phone or tablet, open a new tab.
  2. To remove an image, touch and hold it.
  3. Select Remove.
Browse privately

If you don’t want Chrome to save your browsing history at all, you can browse in private with Incognito mode.

If you use a Chromebook at work or school, your network administrator can turn off browsing history. If history is off, your History won't list pages you've visited. Learn about using a managed Chrome device.

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