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Wednesday, 17 January 2018

How to Erase Your Personal Info From Google


You have Deleted your BROWSER HISTORY But Google Still has your Browsing History , Read this Article to know How to Delete .


It’s your Google Activity (formerly known as Google Web & App History), and it knows everything you’ve searched .


This post will teach you how to permanently delete your Google history to enhance your internet privacy and prevent your search and browsing data from following you around forever.

Note : Clearing your browser history is NOT the same as clearing your Google Web & App Activity history. When you clear your browser history, you’re only deleting the history that’s locally stored on your computer. Clearing your browser history doesn’t do anything to the data stored on Google’s servers.






How to download and delete your Google search history and stop Google from saving your activity





How to download all your Google data


Google’s Takeout feature lets you download data from all of the Google products you use, including your Google Search history, Gmail, Calendar, Chrome, Google Photos, Maps, and more. Here’s how to use Takeout to download all your Google data.


Step 1: From your Google Takeout “Download your data” page , select the data you’d like to download . By default, all of the boxes are selected. Select Next .









Step 2: Select your archive format and delivery method, then select Create archive . (We stuck with the default settings.)





Step 3: You’ll receive a notification when the archiving process is complete. In this example, we received an email with a link to download our archive.






Now that you’ve downloaded an archive of your data, you’re ready to delete your history.


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How to delete all your Google activity



Use these steps to delete data about all your Google activity, including your searches, video searches, and any ads you’ve clicked on.

Step 1: From your My Activity page , select the vertical ellipsis (⋮) , then select Delete activity by .






Step 2: Change the date from Today to All time. Select All products from the product drop-down menu, then select DELETE.




Step 3: Google will tell you how it uses your data to make its services more useful for you. Select OK .




Step 4: Google will ask you if you want to delete your activity. Select DELETE.





Step 5: Your screen should now say “ No activity.”



Congratulations. You’ve now deleted your Google search history. Here’s to blank slates! Next up: Get Google to stop saving your activity.
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How to stop (or “pause”) Google from saving your activity



Google doesn’t provide a way to permanently disable it from saving your activity, but you can hit pause . Use these steps to hit pause on Google saving your activity.


Step 1: From your Activity controls page , you’ll see a section for “Web & App Activity.”
Slide the switch to the left .





Step 2: Google will ask if you’d like to pause your Web & App Activity. Select PAUSE .





Step 3: Check to see if your activity is paused. The screen should say “Web & App Activity (paused)” and the sliding toggle should be grey.







Step 4: If you want to hit “pause” on Google logging your activity on ALL the Google apps and services you use, slide all the switches on this page to the left.
Read the important information for each item and select PAUSE to complete each step.




Mission accomplished! Google won’t be saving your search data any more.   ☺☺☺☺

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