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[Android] How to delete browsing history

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Delete your Chrome browsing history

If you don’t want a record of web pages you’ve visited using Chrome, you can delete all or some of your browsing history. Deleting your browsing history will affect all devices where you’ve turned sync on and signed in to Chrome.

Your history will be removed from Chrome. Separately, you can also delete your Google search history from your account.

See your history

On your Android phone or tablet, you can open the Chrome app Chrome.

  1. At the top right, tap More More and then History.
    • If your address bar is at the bottom, swipe up on the address bar. Tap History History.
  2. To visit a site, tap the entry.
    • To open the site in a new tab, touch and hold the entry. At the top right, tap More More and then Open in new tab.
    • To copy the site, touch and hold the entry. At the top right, tap More More and then Copy link.

Clear your history

  1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Chrome app Chrome.
  2. At the top right, tap More More and then History.
    • If your address bar is at the bottom, swipe up on the address bar. Tap History History.
  3. Tap Clear browsing data.
  4. Next to "Time range," select how much history you want to delete. To clear everything, tap All time.
  5. Check "Browsing history." Uncheck any other data you don't want to delete.
  6. Tap Clear data.

To delete your search history, learn about clearing activity saved in My Activity.

Delete an item from your history

You can delete certain parts of your history. To search for something specific, at the top right, tap Search Search.

  1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Chrome app Chrome.
  2. At the top right, tap More More and then History.
    • If your address bar is at the bottom, swipe up on the address bar. Tap History History.
  3. You can find the entry you want to delete.
  4. To the right, tap Remove Remove.

To delete multiple items, touch and hold an entry. You can just select other entries you want to delete. Then, at the top right, tap Remove Remove.

Remove an image from the New Tab page

To see the sites, you visit most, open a new tab. To remove an image, touch and hold it. Then, select Remove.

What your history page shows

Your History page shows the web pages you've visited on Chrome in the last 90 days. It doesn’t store Chrome pages like chrome://settings, pages you've visited in Incognito mode, or pages you've already deleted from your browsing history.

If you're signed in to Chrome and syncing your history, your History page shows webpages you’ve visited across all your synced devices for much longer. If you're signed out of Chrome, your History page won't show web pages across your other devices.

Browse privately

If you don’t want Chrome to save your browsing history, you can browse in private with Incognito mode.

Using a Chromebook at work or school? Your network administrator can turn off your browsing history. If your history is off, your History page won't list web pages you've visited. You can learn about using a managed Chrome device.

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