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 iPhone or iPad, open the Google app .
2. At the top right, tap your Profile picture or Initial Search history Controls.
3. 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.
   • You can select Don't auto-delete activity, if you don't want to delete your Search history automatically.
4. Tap 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 iPhone or iPad, open the Google app .
2. At the top right, tap your Profile picture or Initial Search history Controls.
3. Under "Web & App Activity," tap Turn off.
4. Tap 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.

If you use the Google app while you’re signed out of your Google Account, the app saves your Search history to your device.

Tip: If you delete your Search history in the Google app, it might still be saved in your Google Account. To find and delete your Search history saved to your Google Account, go to My Activity.

To delete Search history saved on your device:

1. On your iPhone or iPad, open the Google app .
2. At the top right, tap the Profile picture or Initial Settings Privacy & Safety Clear app history.
3. In the pop-up confirmation dialog, tap Clear all.

To delete searches from the Search bar:

1. On your iPhone or iPad, open the Google app .
2. Tap the Search bar View all.
   • At the top of “Recent searches,” if you find “Manage History,” you’re currently signed in to your Google Account.
3. To delete all your searches, tap Clear all.
4. In the pop-up confirmation dialog, tap Clear all.

If you use the Google app while you’re signed out of your Google Account, you might have Search customization turned on. If it’s on, Google uses searches from this device to give you more relevant results and recommendations.

To delete Search history saved on your device:

1. On your iPhone or iPad, open the Google app .
2. At the top right, tap the Person icon Settings Privacy & Safety Clear app history.
3. In the pop-up confirmation dialog, tap Clear all.