Monday, February 27, 2012

How to delete Google Tracking History - and you've got to do it before March 1

You have until February 29th to do this.  After that you won't be able to edit your profile. Don't let someone else track your history. This article explain the three steps in showing how to delete your Google browsing historyOn March 1st is the day when Google’s new all-in-one private policy will enter in effect. This also says that, for example, your Google Web History will be shared with all other Google services you may use.


If you don’t have a Google account and you use search, you are fine, but if you do have, for example,  a Gmail account and you didn’t opt-out to remove and pause Web History, then Google is tracking all the searches and the web pages you’ve visited. The tracked data has been always set apart from other services that the search giant offer, but next month, March 1st 2012, your history will be combined among all the Google services you may use.
If you have sensitive information that you don’t want Google mixing with other services (e.g. YouTube, Google+, and others), you can remove and disable Google Web History.

Remove and disable Web History

1Sign in to your Google account, then visit https://www.google.com/history in the address bar of the web browser. Another way to get to the Web History is by clicking in the profile button (top-right corner from a Google service such as Google+ or Gmail), then selecting Account Settings and at the bottom of the page, under Services, click the Go to Web History link.
2Once in the Web History page, if you see a list of search terms and web pages you’ve visited, your Web History is enabled. Click the Remove all Web History button, then confirm by clicking the OK button to finishing clearing all of your Web History.
Remove all Web History - Google
What is going to happen from this day forward is that your searches and web pages you visit will not longer be tracked by Google. In the remote case that you want to enable tracking again, just click the Resume button.

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2 comments:

Peter said...

Thanks. I don't know why anyone would be interested in what I do online but if anyone is, if I don't publish it on my blog it's my business.

Anonymous said...

So they're only tracking you if you have a gmail account? I don't have one however I DO use google search nearly everyday.. Either way considering todays March 1st, from what I understand I wouldn't be able to disable it now anyways right? Just wanted some clarification on this.