How to Clear Google Search History

I find that many people don’t know they can clear their Google search history.

Yes, Google will still store all of this information somewhere on its servers, but there are many reasons to empty out what Google calls your “Web History”.

Here’s how to do it:

  1. Navigate to google.com/history
  2. Toward the bottom of the menu on the left, click Remove items
  3. Along the top, click Clear entire Web History
  4. Confirm by clicking the Clear History button

Your search history will now be cleared and Google will stop recording your future searches in Google Web History until you resume the service.

If you don’t want to clear your entire history, you can also select individual history items and delete them.