Customize what you find in Discover
With Discover, you can get updates for your interests, like your favorite sports team or news site, without searching for them. You can choose the types of updates you want to see in Discover in the Google app or when you’re browsing the web on your phone.
Important: Some of these features might not be available in all languages and countries.
Find Discover
You can find Discover in a few different ways:
- In the Google app
.
- On your Android phone or tablet, in your browser on google.com.
- On some devices, swipe right from your device's home screen.
Customize Discover
Step 1: Turn on Web & App Activity
To customize Discover, turn on "Web & App Activity,” which saves your searches, browsing history, and other activity in your Google Account.
- On your Android phone or tablet, open your Google app
.
- Tap More
Your data in Search.
- Under "Google-wide controls," tap Web & App activity.
- Turn on Web & App Activity.
Step 2: Choose what updates you get
When you search for an interest, you can follow it to get updates in Discover.
- On your Android phone or tablet, open your Google app
or go to google.com in your browser.
- Search for an interest, like a TV show or a sports team.
- If you see a card with "Follow," tap Follow
.
When you search for an interest, you can follow it to get updates in Discover.
- On your Android phone or tablet, open your Google app
or go to google.com in your browser.
- Search for an interest, like a TV show or a sports team.
- If you see a card with "Follow," tap Follow
.
- Open your Google app
or go to google.com in your browser.
- At the bottom right of the card, tap More
Not interested in [Topic] or Not interested in stories from [Source].
Note: This feature may not be available in all languages and countries.
In the Google app
- On your Android device, open your Google app
.
- Tap More
Interests
Hidden.
- Under "Sources," unhide the source you want to bring back.
In your browser
- On your Android device, go to google.com on your browser.
- Tap Menu
Settings.
- Under "Discover," tap Manage interests
Hidden.
- Under "Sources," unhide the source you want to bring back.
In the Google app
- On your Android device, open your Google app
.
- Tap More
Interests
Hidden.
- Under "Topics," unhide the topic you want to bring back.
In your browser
- On your Android device, go to google.com on your browser.
- Tap Menu
Settings.
- Under "Discover," tap Manage interests
Hidden.
- Under "Topics," unhide the topic you want to bring back.
Step 3: Change how often you find topics in Discover
- On your Android phone or tablet, open your Google app
or go to google.com in your browser.
- At the bottom right of the card you like, tap Control
.
- Tap More
to find more cards for this topic.
- If you don’t want to unfollow a topic, but you want to get less of it in Discover, tap Less
.
- If you don’t want to unfollow a topic, but you want to get less of it in Discover, tap Less
How Google decides what to show you in Discover
To know what to show in Discover, Google uses information from your device and from other Google products.
Google also uses data that's stored in your Google Account. This data is based on settings you can change or turn on or off. These settings may include:
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Web & App Activity. Learn how to see & control your Web & App Activity.
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App info from your devices. Learn how to manage app info from your devices.
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Contact info from your devices. Learn how to manage contact info from your devices.
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Location History (For Google to use this information, you need to have Web & App Activity turned on.) Learn how to change your Google app location settings.
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Location settings: Some updates in Discover are shown based on your home location. If your home location isn't available, Google may use your work location or your device's current location. Learn how to set your home and work locations.
Turn off Discover
If you don’t want to see updates for your interests or get personalized stories, learn how to turn off Discover.