Viewing and Erasing Tracks from Your Google Search History

In today's digital age, managing and deleting browsing history is crucial for maintaining privacy and preventing others from seeing your search activity. Here's a guide on how to do so across multiple devices in Chrome, Firefox, and Safari.

Chrome

On desktop or mobile, open Chrome, and navigate to the History page (via menu or address bar ). Select Clear Browsing Data. Choose the time range (e.g., "All time") and select items to clear such as browsing history, cached images, cookies.

For mobile devices like iPhone and iPad, tap Menu > History > Clear Browsing Data to delete all or individual items. If Chrome Sync is enabled with your Google account, clearing browsing data on one device deletes it from synced devices, but ensure sync is active for history [1][3].

Firefox

On desktop (Mac or Windows), open Firefox, click History > Clear Recent History. You can delete individual pages from Show All History by right-clicking and selecting Delete Page. Firefox offers an option to never remember history via Preferences.

On iOS devices, clearing history is done in Firefox settings or via History menu, but syncing must be enabled to remove data across devices [2].

Safari

On Mac desktop, open Safari, click History > Clear History to delete browsing history and cache. To clear only cache, enable Develop menu via Safari Preferences > Advanced, then use Develop > Empty Caches.

On iPhone or iPad, go to Settings > Safari > Clear History and Website Data to clear history, cookies, and cache. Safari syncs browsing history via iCloud across Apple devices; clearing history on one device removes it across synced devices [1][3].

Key points for multiple devices:

Ensure syncing is enabled (Chrome through Google account, Firefox through Firefox account, Safari via iCloud). Deleting history on one synced device will remove it on others. If sync is off or devices are not connected, you must clear history individually on each device.
For thorough privacy, also consider clearing other stored data like cookies, caches, and DNS caches (for example, via command line on macOS and Windows) [5].

This approach covers managing and deleting browsing history on Chrome, Firefox, and Safari across multiple devices, including desktop and mobile platforms.

Additional Information

On a computer, to see your deleted activity on Google, go to your Google account (https://myaccount.google.com/), scroll the left hand panel and click "Privacy & personalization", under "Activity and timeline", click "My Activity", from the left hand panel, click "Deleted activities".
On an Android device, to clear history and website data in Chrome, open the Chrome app, click on the three dots (menu icon), then Settings, scroll down, and tap Privacy, then Clear browsing data, select the desired options, and tap Clear Data.
To delete search activity from Google Maps, YouTube, and other Google products on an iPhone/iPad, open the Gmail app, click on Menu (three bars), then Settings, then your account, Click on Manage your Google Account, at the top, click on Data & Personalization, under "Activity and timeline", click "My Activity", at the top right of the page, click on the three dots and select "Delete activity by", and select the date or time to delete.
In Safari (desktop), click Safari menu, then History, then Clear History and Website Data, select the time frame, and click Clear History. Clearing the history in Safari deletes every bit of your browsing data, as well as browser cookies.
On a computer, to clear search activity from Google Maps, YouTube, and other Google products, go to your Google account (https://myaccount.google.com/), scroll the left hand panel and click "Privacy & personalization", under "Activity and timeline", click "My Activity", from the left hand panel, click "Delete activity by".
Steps to view and delete history vary by browser (Chrome, Firefox, Safari).
In Google Chrome, click the menu icon, then History > History (CTRL+H), scroll to Clear Browsing Data, and select desired options before clicking Clear Data.
On an iPhone/iPad, to clear history and website data in Safari, go to the Settings app, click on Safari, then Clear History and Website Data.
Clearing search activity from Google Maps, YouTube, and other Google products requires following specific instructions for each device.
In Safari (mobile), settings may vary depending on the device and version, consult the device's user manual for specific instructions.
Signing into any Google service, like Gmail, also automatically logs you into Chrome, and thus, offers up your search history. Use these steps to prevent automatic Chrome login.
In Firefox, click the menu icon, then Library > History, click on View History, right-click on the desired timeframe, and press Delete.
To delete search activity from Google Maps, YouTube, and other Google products on a computer, go to your Google account (https://myaccount.google.com/), select "Privacy & personalization", under "Activity and timeline", click "My Activity", from the left hand panel, click "Delete activity by", and select the date or time to delete.
To delete search activity from Google Maps, YouTube, and other Google products on an Android phone/tablet, open the Settings app, go to Google, click on Google Account or Manage Your Account, click on Manage Your Data & Personalization, under "Activity and time", click "My Activity", to the right of the search bar, click on the three dots and select "Delete activity by", and select the date or time to delete.
For mobile Firefox, tap the three-bar menu icon, then Settings, tap Search, scroll down, and clear the Show search history checkbox.
On a computer, to clear history and website data in Firefox, click the menu icon, then Library > History, click on View History, right-click on the desired timeframe, and press Delete.

[1] - [https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/2392662?hl=en] [2] - [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/clear-cookies-and-site-data-firefox-desktop] [3] - [https://support.apple.com/en-us/guide/safari/manage-your-browsing-data-sfri11471/mac] [5] - [https://www.howtogeek.com/343477/how-to-clear-your-dns-cache-on-mac-or-linux/]