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Delete your browsing history

You can delete all or some of your Chrome browsing history. If you're signed in to Chrome on multiple computers or devices, deleting your browsing history will take effect on all other devices.

See your full web history

Your History page shows the websites you've visited on Chrome in the last 90 days. It doesn’t store pages from secure websites, those you've visited in incognito mode, or those you've already deleted from your browsing history.

  1. At the top right, click Menu Menu.
  2. Click History and recent tabs and then History.

Clear all of your history

  1. At the top right, click Menu Menu.
  2. Click History and recent tabs and then History.
  3. Click the button Clear browsing data. A dialog will appear.
  4. From the drop-down menu, select how much history you want to delete. To clear your entire browsing history, select the beginning of time.
  5. Check the boxes for the data you want Chrome to clear, including “browsing history." Learn more about the types of browsing data you can delete
  6. Click the button Clear browsing data.

Delete specific items from your history

You can manually delete parts of your history. To search for something specific, use the search bar at the top.

  1. At the top right, click Menu Menu.
  2. Click History and recent tabs and then History.
  3. Check the box next to each webpage that you want to remove from your History.
  4. At the top of the page, click the button Remove selected items.
  5. A confirmation box will appear. Click Remove.

Remove specific thumbnails from New Tab page

To see your most frequently visited sites, open a New Tab page. To remove a thumbnail, hover over it and click the X in the top-right corner.

Browse privately

If you don’t want Chrome to save your browsing history at all, you can switch to incognito mode.

Using a Chromebook at work or school? Your network administrator might turn off browsing history, in which case your History page won't list websites you've recently visited. Learn about using a managed Chrome device

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