How to Delete YouTube Search History
Thanks to the endless videos that the site offers for free, YouTube has always been a top source of entertainment for us. Even though YouTube now shows more ads between videos, it's still very addictive and we spend almost 1-2 hours on it every day.
If you rely on YouTube for your entertainment needs, you might know that the site remembers every video you've watched and the terms you've searched for. YouTube tracks your search queries to show you more relevant video suggestions.
If you often share your YouTube account with other people or your family members also use your YouTube account to watch videos, it is better to delete the search history. Deleting YouTube search history ensures that no one else sees the type of videos you're looking for.
Even if you don't care about other people viewing your YouTube search history, you can still clean it up to clean up all the search terms. Therefore, below we have shared the two best methods to delete YouTube search history on PC. Let's start.
1) How to delete YouTube search history
Deleting YouTube search history is easy, but you need to use the My Activity page. Here are some simple steps to delete your YouTube search history.
1. Open your favorite web browser and sign in to your Google account.
2. Open the My Google Activity page on your web browser. On the main screen, click on the YouTube History option.
3. On the YouTube history screen, scroll down and click Manage History.
4. Next, click on the Delete drop-down menu and select the period. If you want to clear all of your YouTube search history, select the Delete All Activity option.
5. At the confirmation prompt, click the Delete button.
That's it! Here's how you can delete your YouTube search history in a few simple steps.
2) Enable automatic deletion of YouTube history
The My Activity page may automatically delete your YouTube search and viewing history. If you want to set automatic deletion of YouTube search history, follow some of the simple steps we have shared below.
1. Open the My Activity page and navigate to the YouTube History screen.
2. Next, click on the automatic deletion option as shown in the screenshot below.
3. In the pop-up window, select “Automatically delete activity older than” and select the time period. Once finished, click on the Next button.
That's it! This is how you can enable automatic deletion of your search and watch history on YouTube.
This is an account-level change; therefore, the changes you made here will be reflected on all connected devices. So here are some of the easy methods to delete YouTube search history
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