How To Clear Video History On Youtube

When using a service from Google, many of its users end up concerned about their privacy, since most of the actions taken on them end up being stored on their servers. O YouTube, in turn, has always suffered from this, keeping the history of videos viewed by its users.

Fortunately, Google has released a new feature so that YouTube does not keep records of searches and videos watched on it so that you have a little more privacy when using it. Next, see how to clear and disable the history of videos watched on YouTube.

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Important

The tutorial below can be performed both on the computer and on your smartphone. If you are an iOS user (iPhone system), you must use the link available on the PC to be able to delete your YouTube history.

How to delete YouTube history from your computer

The process to delete your activities performed on YouTube is quite simple, being all performed on the YouTube site itself or on some separate pages of Google. Check first, how to remove just one item from your YouTube watch history:

Access the YouTube or another Google service and log in with your account as usual;
Now, access this link to see your "Watch history". If you want to remove only one item viewed from your history, just hover over it and click on the "X".

If you want to remove all of your history from videos played on YouTube, the process is also performed on the same page used above. Look:

On the "Watch history" page, click "Delete all watch history";
In the message that appears, confirm the action by clicking on "Clear watch history".

In addition to removing all of your viewing history, you can also prevent YouTube from saving what you're watching on the platform. To do this, just follow these steps:

Still on the YouTube "Watch History" page, click "Pause viewing history";
In the message that appears, confirm the action by clicking on "Pause".

Finally, regarding computer processes, you can also have YouTube automatically delete your history after a certain period of time. To do this, just follow these steps:

Access this link from YouTube activity tracking on Google and click on "Select to automatically delete";
In the window that appears, just choose the desired period.

How to delete YouTube history from Android

Those who already have the habit of using YouTube on Android can also delete their history on it, but the process is a little different from what was seen on the PC and is also not performed by your own application. Look:

Enter the Android "Settings" screen and go to "Google";
On the new screen, click on "Manage your Google Account" and enter "Data and personalization";
Under "Activity Controls", tap "YouTube History" and, on the next screen, you can now disable "YouTube History" via your key. In the message that appears, tap "Pause".

If you just want to delete the record of any activity on YouTube, back to the previous screen, you must use the option "Manage history" and follow the steps, as suggested in the image below.

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Ready! You now know how to clear and disable your activity history on YouTube.