Manage & delete your Search history

Important: If you set your Search history to auto-delete, you can still manually delete your history at any time.

1. On your computer, go to your Search history in My Activity.
2. On the left or at the top, click Controls.
3. On the "Web & App Activity" card, click the option under "Auto-delete (Off)" or "Auto-delete (On)."
4. Choose an option to proceed.
   • Depending on when you want to automatically delete your Search history, you can select Auto-delete activity older than and choose 3 months, 18 months, or 36 months.
   • If you don't want to delete your Search history automatically, you can select Don't auto-delete activity.
5. Click Next.

Tip: Your Search history isn’t saved to your Google Account when you search and browse in Incognito mode.

To pause saving your history:

1. On your computer, go to your Search history in My Activity.
2. On the left or at the top, click Controls.
3. Under "Web & App Activity," click Turn off.
4. Click Turn off or Turn off and delete activity.
5. If you choose “Turn off and delete activity,” to select and confirm what activity you want to delete, follow the additional steps.