Every day we surf the Internet, but there are browsers like Google that completely save each of our activities . Although this may be advantageous and not at the same time, but this is defined by you.
Here you will find enough information to know what to do about Google’s history. Although we recommend that you strengthen the security of your navigation, but also comply with the periodic cleaning so that you can enjoy a quick navigation.
You don’t understand why if you delete the history, browse faster. Well, we’ll explain that later. We also leave a few simple steps, so you can clean Google History.
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Why does Google keep records of everything we do on our computers?
We all know that Google is one of our main search engines , but also our main browser, and since every browser keeps a history of all our activities we do when we surf the Internet.
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Basically Google keeps a record with specific details of the files and data, for a new navigation, in other words it stores a history, mainly to catch the caches, and thus manage to load pages faster than We have already visited. We also use many people to return to sites we have already visited .
The history is only recorded for our registered user, and every time we open a session or synchronization on other devices with the same user, we will synchronize with him, the records, and they will be shared.
Google itself, saves the URLs of the pages we visit, a draft cache (known this way, because it is the last image received from the web), the time we last, cookies, and the passwords we enter.
Passwords will not be saved without our consent , as Google knows how confidential these are. Before storing them there will not be a mini notice that does not say if we want to save the username and password, and is in us if we reject or accept it .
What are all types of records that Google keeps of us and for what does each one serve?
As we mentioned earlier, Google keeps a simple, but complete history of what we do while browsing. In this section we are going to explain a little more about what records it stores.
Search history
Search history is simply used to store a record of everything we have researched on the Internet.
It is very useful because it allows us to re-enter the visited sites. Many confuse the search history with the browsing history, as it is not necessary to deny that both are quite similar and their definition concepts almost the same, but in reality one is responsible for only those searches we have performed, and the other of the sites we have visited .
This is the main thing that is saved, because it is used to reload pages in a faster way . It focuses more than anything on keeping the cache of each of the images contained in the site, animations and others. In summary, the entire structure of each of the websites.
Just as you save the cache, also does it with passwords and users . Which is important, called cookies (cookies), these cookies are small computer packages, which keeps our session open in those places that we have been, thanks to them we will not have to log in every time that we are in the page (social networks or others).
Location history
This history monitors our lives more, because it keeps in list, each one of the sites that we have been, and from where we have connected to Internet. Although its main function is to locate us wherever we are .
This history is also saved when we use Google maps, and whenever we have GPS active, although it has been rumored by networks, that Google (both browser and Google maps) can enable GPS and know where we are always that we connect to a network.
Photos and videos history
This photo history is basically the one that allows us to save the caches of each of the photos or videos that we have seen on the websites.
Its purpose is simple, (speed up the loading time of the websites), because the pages load for the first time very slow, for the amount of photos and videos they contain, also for the definition in which they offer it, and when this history is used, a copy of these files is saved, so that when you visit the site again, the upload is faster.
Although is certainly one of the histories that occupies the most space in our browser , it is also one of the most important if we are those who like to return a lot to the sites we have visited before.
Why is it good to delete our search history every certain period of time ?
There are different reasons that drive us to periodically delete our history on Google. As we saw these keep a lot of information about us , which is beneficial, but not in turn.
For example, we keep our bank or social network keys, and we lend the computer, the other person, can access each of the passwords we have stored there, or even worse, if our Google account is hacked it can be stolen All private information from us.
For this reason it is advisable to never save any password of any kind in browsers. But this is not the only thing, because when we store a lot of information for each navigation, Google collapses and it may take a long time in navigation.
High information, may also be affecting our device or computer , because they take up space in internal storage.
When we talk about security and privacy, it should be noted that even if we delete all the records, we are not completely protected , but 80%, which is a fairly large number.
What is Google My Activity and what is this tool for?
My activity is a tool included in Google to accumulate each and every one of the activities we do on the Internet . This we can always find present (Google search engine, Chrome, Android, Gmail, Google Maps …), being this practically a strong tracker of our life in cybernetics .
Although it is already installed naturally in the browser, if we do not have it also we can do it manually . But to do this is to allow Google to save all the information about what we do on the Internet . Many people consider My Activity to be a twin brother of Orwell, although this is still in dispute because others think it is the opposite.
Well we know this tool saves all our actions , but it also allows us to erase all that trace we have been leaving stored, and thus erase those activities that we do not want anyone to know.
How much can you know about us?
This is one of the most common questions in most Google users, but to the pity of many, this can save even the smallest of our activities, that is, Google knows a lot about us.
Keep a record as detailed, as the time we were there, the content that was shown to us, videos, and many others …
What is Google’s background?
This tool has a background, beyond just giving us the power to control the activities we do while we navigate. The truth is that use each of our actions to average the most visited content , and offer adequate advertising for each page this is your method of monetary income.
In other words, the business consists of offering a free service in exchange for our activities and information about what we like most.
Are all these records a real risk to our privacy? Advantages and disadvantages
The risks vary depending on the situation that is presented to us . Although the most common is that people who use the same computer, see navigations that are uncomfortable for us. But so that you can give an opinion of this.
We leave you the advantages and disadvantages of Google keeping a history of activities:
Advantages
- We keep a record of each of the people who enter our computer. For example, if we are parents, this would be an excellent tool to know what our children do and do not do.
- If we are one of those, we visit a page constantly, this would be Excellent, because the page already keeps files downloaded in the browser, and loads faster for the next ones.
- If we are game lovers, helps us a lot to load each one of the levels , for the cache that saves them.
- We can keep a session always started , and whenever we want, so as not to have to be entering our time username and password.
Disadvantages
- If we don’t have an account, to protect all our things in Windows, anyone can access and steal our users and passwords for each of our networks or accounts.
- When our browser keeps a lot of information about our activities, the browser works with less speed, just like browsing.
- It slows down the operation of the PC because saves a lot of cache >, and the computer assimilates these, like crap.
Steps to delete the history of everything you’ve searched for in Google from your device
To delete the history of our Google navigation, we must enter the browser first ( Although these steps are to be able to do it on a computer).
After entering the browser, we go to the options that are located after the three vertical points, in the upper right part of the window. From the list displayed to us, we select where it says “History” and another list will appear, and we select again “History” .
Although we can also enter the history, using the keyboard, by pressing the Ctrl + H keys . Another simple way is by entering the address bar: “ Chrome: // history / ” .
When you load all the history, we look in the left side panel “Clear browsing data” and send us to a new tab whose address is “chrome: // settings / clearBrowserData ”.
In this new tab we can delete all our histories. Then we see a small box with two tabs, one for basic cleaning and another advanced.
In the basic , we can select with a bullet, if we want to delete the Browsing History, Cookies, and the images stored in Cache.
For the advanced tab, we can select Navigation history, Download history, Cookies, Image cache, Passwords, Autocomplete data, Content settings, and Application data.
Whatever it is, our method to clear history, to finish we click on “ Clear data”.
Method for Android
For Android the steps are technically the same. Simply enter the browser and enter your options, then search history or write in the address bar “Chrome: // history /” and click where it says “Clear browsing data”.
There we select with bullet points everything we want to be removed and click on deletedButter.
Tips to improve your privacy while browsing the web
Here is a list to increase your privacy:
Let’s install an antivirus extension
Many antivirus today bring an extension, which allows us to navigate safely, providing better protection to our computer. This prevents some people from spying on our navigation.
With a synchronized account, we can support each of our records, if we have a strong enough password, we will be much more confident that no one enters and sees our activities.