How to delete YouTube viewing history

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December 19, 2023

I'm sure you delete your browser search history from time to time. YouTube, like any other social media channel, search engine, or browser, has its own search history. YouTube stores this history, which holds many of your secrets and can tell you a lot about their search history. Owner - their thoughts, fears, favorite music, interests and more.

This article will tell you how to delete YouTube search history. If you want to hide some sensitive information from those people who shouldn't see it, keep reading.

How to delete YouTube viewing history from desktop

Open YouTube in your browser and go to "History" tab.

Find History Enter and select Search History.

Then you will see your search query. You can click Delete some of these queries by pressing the cross icon next to each query or by pressing "Clear All Viewing History" under the History Types tab.

A prompt will appear asking you to confirm the action dialog box. Once you confirm, your viewing history will be permanently deleted from all devices you are logged in with this account.

If you want YouTube to stop recording your viewing history, you can press the History Type option card under "Pause Viewing History". After this, the platform will not remember or store the videos you have watched.

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How to delete YouTube viewing history from smartphone

To clear iPhone or Android smartphone viewing history in, open the YouTube app, tap your profile picture icon, then click 'Manage' your Google Account'.

Then go to the 'Data & Personalization' tab. Find the Activity Controls section, find YouTube History and click on it.

Here you can block YouTube from saving your watch. Drag your cursor to the left to delete the history, but your previous viewing history remains Available. You can also turn on the auto-deletion option. To delete your current viewing history, find Manage Activity and click on it.

At this point on the page, you will see all of your recent views on YouTube Videos. You can delete one or more videos by clicking on the trash can icon.

To delete all search queries, click on the three dots in the upper right corner of the screen and select "Delete Activity".

Here you can delete your viewing history by the past hour, last day, entire time, or any time period you can set yourself. To delete all watched videos, press Always and then confirm your on the desired page Action.

All your viewing history will be permanently deleted. That's it!