How to keep Google search history [Basic use of Google]

If you search on Google, you will find the words used during the search and the history of the open site.For example, if you are using a personal computer for family members, you may be able to see your search history by other families.

In some cases, you may not want to leave a search history?In fact, Google Chrome does not leave search history.

In this article, we will introduce a method that does not leave search history.

What are the search history of the table of contents Google?Where is it saved?How to keep search history?Is it possible to revive the deleted history?summary

What is Google search history?Where is it saved?

There are two Google search history.It is the "keyword" used when searching the Internet and the URL of the site that actually accessed the search and hit.

The search history changes the destination of the history if you are not logged in to the Google account.If you are not logged in to the Google account, it will be saved in the browser application itself used for search.On the other hand, if you log in to the Google account, the saving destination is the login account.

How to keep search history?

Now, I will explain how to keep search history.This time, it is an introduction on the premise of logging in to the Google account.

Use "Secret window"

This is an easy way to keep the search history without changing the settings.Google has a "secret window" in addition to a regular window.This is a mode in which the search history, information entered in the form, accessed URLs, etc. are not saved.

For a personal computer, open Google Chrome and click the button below.

Then, the Google Chrome setting opens as shown below, so open a "new secret window".

If the gray design window is displayed overall as shown below, it is complete.If you search here, the keywords used in the search and the history of the accessed site will not remain.

The window opened to launch the "Secret Window" will be a normal window, so be careful not to use it by mistake.

In the case of smartphones (hereinafter referred to as smartphones), open a "new secret window" from the settings.However, be careful as the position is different depending on the iOS or Android.In iOS, the lower right of the screen is as shown below, and the Android is in the upper right of the PC as a computer.

By the way, in the case of a "secret window", information such as cookies, which remember access information to the site, is retained for each tab.

Therefore, if you log in to some web service, if you close the secret window or open it again from another tab, it will open before logging in.

If you want to open the same site from another tab on a personal computer, do not create a " +" button at the top of the browser, but to right -click the link and use it from "Open in a new tab".

OFF "Activity Management"

This is a method that will not save your history in Google accounts without using a "secret window".This method is the Google account itself, so if you log in to the Google account, you will not have any search history on any device.

First, press the button below from the Google top page and log in to the Google account.

From there, select "Data and Privacy", and when you scroll, click "Web and App Activities" in "History Settings" as follows.

Then, the "Activity Management" screen is displayed as shown below. Click the following to pause.By doing so, the search history is hidden.

Similarly, on smartphones, it is possible to configure it by opening "Activity Management" from the Google account.

By the way, you can set the automatic deletion period of the search history from the same "activity management".If you need it, please set it.

Is it possible to revive the deleted history?

In the search history automatically deleted in "Activity Management" and the search history directly deleted, you may say that "it was necessary information, but it was erased by mistake".Unfortunately, it is impossible to revive the history of deleted once with a Google account.

Therefore, you need to be careful when deleting and keeping the history from leaving.However, in the case of browsers other than smartphone tablets and Google Chrome, it may remain in the browser app itself even if it is not in the Google account history, so it is recommended to check the history of the browser itself.To do.

summary

Google allows you to search online without leaving a history in two ways, "Secret Window" and "Activity Management".Please use properly according to the situation.

Also, if you do not leave the history using the method introduced here, the history cannot be revived.Sites that may open again later can be resolved by accessing a regular window or bookmarking the site itself.

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