Delete your Chrome browsing history

If you don’t want a record of web pages that you’ve visited using Chrome, you can delete all, or some of your browsing history. Deleting your browsing history will take effect on all devices where you’ve turned sync on in Chrome. 

Your history will be removed from Chrome. You can also delete your Google search history separately from your account.

See your history

  1. On your computer, open Chrome.
  2. At the top-right, click More More.
  3. Click History and then History.

Clear your history

  1. On your computer, open Chrome.
  2. At the top-right, click More More.
  3. Click History and then History.
  4. On the left, click Clear browsing data. A box will appear.
  5. From the drop-down menu, select how much history you want to delete. To clear everything, select All time.
  6. Tick the boxes for the data that you want Chrome to clear, including 'browsing history'. Learn more about the types of browsing data that you can delete
  7. Click Clear data.

To delete your search history, learn about clearing activity saved in My Activity.

Delete an item from your history

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

  1. On your computer, open Chrome.
  2. At the top-right, click More More.
  3. Click History and then History.
  4. Tick the box next to each item that you want to remove from your History.
  5. At the top-right, click Delete.
  6. Confirm by clicking Remove.

Remove an image from new tab page

To see the sites that you visit most, open a new tab. To remove an image, point to it and click Remove Remove.

What your history page shows

Your History page shows the web pages that you've visited on Chrome in the last 90 days. It doesn’t store Chrome pages that you’ve visited such as chrome://settings, pages that you've visited in Incognito mode or pages that you've already deleted from your browsing history.

If you're signed in to Chrome and syncing your history, then your History page shows web pages that you’ve visited across all your synced devices for much longer.

Browse privately

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

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

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