Browsing history has become one of the tools that violates your privacy today, and which is present in most web browsers.
In the case of Google users, this history is saved every time you sign in to Google Chrome , either from your computer , Tablet or Smartphone. It is in charge of storing each of your steps on any of those devices, that is, that in each history your movements will be recorded while you surf the Internet.
As you can see, this can become a very dangerous tool , since anyone could keep track of each of your steps. That is why we will show you here how to configure and delete this entire activity log.
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Many users today do not know how to access the Google browsing history , however, it is worth mentioning that this is something very easy to do, either from the computer or Smartphone.
You simply need to access your Google account to be able to see in detail each of your steps while browsing the Internet, or each of the activities you do on your mobile. In this way, here we explain how to carry out these steps, to do this follow these methods.
If you want to access the history from your computer you will have to do it through the Google Chrome browser. This will allow you to see each of your steps , either those of the day or those of the previous week or months, keep in mind that if you have never deleted this activity log , each of your movements will appear since you created an account Google .
In order to enter this section and start seeing each of your movements within your account, you simply have to follow these steps:
- In order to access history in Chrome you will need to enter the web browser.
- There you will have to enter “My activity ” .
- Now a new window will appear where you will have to sign in with your Google account . There you will enter your email and password and finally click on subsequentlyNext†.
- When you have entered your data you will appear in the main window of “My activities”. In the central part you see a search bar and below it your content is displayed .
- By default of the page the view will appear grouped , in case you want to see the elements separately you must select this option on the left side of your screen.
- Under the search bar you will see the option “Filter by date and product”. If selected, you can access the search for advanced options. This is done to perform a search for a certain period of time.
- In case you want to facilitate this search, you can also select it by categories , that is, if you want to only search for “Ads”, “ Image searches ”,“ Discover ” or any other, simply select the box so that only results related to these categories are enhanced.
- You can also display only the searches you have made from your Android mobile device, as well as any other device. Including those from the Google Chrome browser.
This way you can configure the Google search history from your computer, a way to organize it either by category, priority or by teams.
On your Android phone
If you want to access your Google history from your Android Smartphone, you can do it in a very simple and fast way. In this way, you can see each of your movements in your account, as well as configure it, either to be able to perform basic or advanced searches or what type of searches you want to see on the screen.
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To do all this you will need to follow these steps:
- To start with this you will need to enter the Chrome app from your terminal.
- Now on the Google homepage you will type “My Google activity” and click on the “Search magnifying glass”.
- There we select the first option that appears on the screen.
- Then you will see the “My activity” page where you will enter your data to “Login”.
- When You have entered your account, a “Search bar” will appear on the screen, and if you scroll down the screen you will start to see each of your activities.
- Within the “Search bar” you can do an advanced search, where you will select a date and product range to get the results you are looking for specifically.
- If we press on the menu option located in the upper left of the screen and which is represented by three lines we will find the other options available.
- There you can choose how to see each one of your activities , either as “Grouped view” or “View by elements”.
- It also allows you to delete activities by dates and depending on the product, whether it’s just your Android terminal , Google Explorer, among others.
This way you can access your Google history from your mobile device, from there you can configure or delete the content if you wish. One way to control your privacy before others.
Steps to delete part or the entire Google browsing history
Being able to delete a part of the history or delete it completely is a fairly simple procedure to perform. It can be applied every day or every certain amount of days in order to obtain more privacy in each of your navigations.
Taking into account that each of the movements you make within Google Chrome will be recorded in this history. Therefore, anyone who accesses it can check which websites you visited, even up to the time you entered them.
Due to this, here we show you what are the steps to follow to be able to delete only part or all of Google Chrome’s browsing history . To do this follow these steps:
- Enter your Google Chrome browser from your computer.
- In the main browser window select the menu option located at the top right of your screen.
- In the drop-down menu that appears, select “History” and then select “History” again. Note that you can also access this section by pressing the “Ctrl + H” keys inside the browser.
- There will open a new window, in the menu located on the left side of your screen we select the option “Clear browsing data”.
- Now a new window will appear where you will have to select the removal method , if it is “ Basic or advanced ” this will basically depend on how many tools you want delete.
- In case you only want to delete a part of the history you must select the period of time you want, either one week , the last 24 hours, among others. But, in the case that you want to delete the history completely you have to select the “Always” option, once this is done click on “Delete data” .
In this way, it will be deleted browser history either only part of it or in its entirety, a way to keep safeguard your privacy and avoid that third parties can see and enter the sites you have visited previously.
How can I download all the data and browsing history from Google?
In case you want to make a thorough and more complete review of all browsing history and all Google data , you can download all this content to your computer, this with the objective that you can review them with more time and without the need to be online.
Being able to download all this content will allow you to more calmly review each of the movements that have been carried out in the Chrome browser , both on your computer, such as Tablet or Smartphone Android
In this way, you can check that websites you have visited lately or simply search for some valuable information that you have lost and that may be stored in that history. According to all this, here we explain the steps to follow to download this and other content to your PC.
- The first thing you will have to do is enter your “Google Account “, to do this you must click on the dotted box that appears on the main screen of the browser located on the upper right side of your screen.
- There will appear a set of options where we will select “Account”.
- Now a new window will appear with several options and boxes with different sections. Here we select “Privacy and personalization” for this we click on “Manage data and personalization options”.
- Here you will see new boxes with different options, we scroll down until you get the section “Download, delete or create a plan for the data”.
- In this section we will find three options, select “Download your data”.
- You will be loaded with a new page where you will find different categories available to select and in turn the type of format in which the information stored there will be downloaded.
- In this case we select the category of “Chrome”, there you will download the history, bookmarks and some other data. However, if you want to download some other files simply select the box and click “Next step” at the end of the window.
- Now you will have to select the format customization, for this you must choose the format type, export type and file size. Once this is done click on ” Create file ”.
- Finally, a new box will appear where you will find the option to download the file , as well as to create a new one. In this case click on “Download file” and it will automatically start downloading.
One way to control what information is saved or not in Google’s history is taking into account what kind of information we open in the browser. In this case, we can use the Chrome incognito window, taking into account that any website that opens within it will not be registered in the browsing history.
This is mainly because both the incognito mode and Google Chrome have important differences. Thus, using incognito mode will prevent you from creating an activity log where you will be stored in the browsing history.
Therefore, we don’t need to be erasing it every time we use it. In a way, this incognito mode offers users more privacy when using the application, a way to navigate without restrictions and concerns.
One of the drawbacks of this mode is that it does not keep the session started from Google , that is, every time you close it, this connection will be lost, therefore, you will have to start it every time Open the browser, which can be a bit tedious for most users. This mode incognito also does not generate cookies, which may in some way affect browsing on some websites.
In order to open this incognito mode of Google Chrome, we can do it in three different ways: