Do you know that Google knows a lot more about you than you think? It knows where you go and what you do, what your interests are and what you want and it even know where you’ve been in the real world. Scary huh? We aren’t exaggerating but that’s the truth. Read on to find the different steps that will show you what information Google keeps about you and how to delete it. Remember when you follow the below mentioned links see to that you have logged in to your Google account.
As mentioned above, Google saves every single data which you search for and never forgets anything. The place where your internet activity is registered is called as the “Web and App Activity” and it’s not the easiest thing to look out. If you happen to click on “all time”, you will be presented with the long list of all the things you must have searched for. You can also continue or else delete one by one but it takes some time to do so.
It seems an easy task when you happen to delete the search history of any one particular day. You need to just click the tick box to turn it to blue colour and then click on delete icon. Whenever you delete any data for a particular day, Google gives you a warning while deleting the information. So, whenever deleting your Web and App activity since the dawn of the time, click on the three dots on the top right screen and then select delete option.
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Click “Advanced” from the menu and select “All time”.
Done? But there is one type of search this won’t delete from your activity i.e. your YoutTube searches.
1. Delete your YouTube activity fully
As you know that Google keeps hold of all your YouTube searches and the videos you have watched till now. You’ll see quite clearly to the left of the screen the “Search History” option. Simply click “Clear all viewing history” to delete everything from your records.
2. Steps to delete everything that the advertisers know about you
Are you aware that you can control the advertisements which appear when you use Google or any of its services? Sadly, it’s another well-hidden section, but luckily, you can just type for Control your Google ads and then control it. As you can see, Google appears to have a good idea of the things you like – but just how accurate is it?
If you scroll down to the “Control Signed Out Ads” section, you can ask Google to stop sending the information it has on you to advertisers. Google, of course tries to talk you out of it again, but really, you’ve got nothing to worry about.
3. Google knows where you have been
If you are using an android device, then Google keeps track of every where you have been. In order to delete the location history, you can just click on the trash can icon and it’s done.
4. Applications those monitor you
The “Apps connected to your account” page provides you with the list of all the applications which are currently using your data.
5. You can create a monthly privacy report
You can set your Google account to send you a monthly privacy report which displays all the information which you have provided it over the last month. It includes the contacts you have saved, the videos which you have uploaded on YouTube, and other things.
With the help of this information you can start to feel a bit more at ease and also know what happens to your data and information which you give it to Google. And, just in case you wish to get rid of it all and start from scratch – you now know how!
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