How to Delete Search and Browsing History on Your Chromebook

Deleting your browser’s history helps keep your browsing activities confidential, especially if you use a shared or public Chromebook. This tutorial covers steps for deleting browser history on your personal, work, or school Chromebook.

Google Chrome is ChromeOS’ default web browser. Hence, we’ll show you how to delete search and browsing history in Chrome. Refer to ourtutorial on clearing any web browser’s historyif you don’t use Google Chrome.

Note:Deleting Chrome’s history on your Chromebook also clears your history on other devices synced to yourGoogle Account.

Find Your Chromebook’s Browsing History

Open any tab in the Google Chrome web browser and pressCtrl+Hon your keyboard.

Alternatively, select thethree-dot menu iconin the top-right corner, selectHistory, and chooseHistoryagain.

You can also access the history page by enteringchrome://historyin the address bar.

Google Chrome shows all the web pages you visited and Google searches you made in the last 90 days. You won’t find activities (website visits and searches) you made inprivate browsingorincognito mode.

However, you’ll find browsing history from other devices synced to your Google account.

In the “Lists” tab, you’ll find records of web pages visited in Chrome organized by date and time.

Open the “Journeys” tab to see your browsing history and searches organized by topic and related searches.

How to Clear Browsing History on Your Chromebook

There are several ways to delete browsing history in Chrome—individually, collectively, or by time range. This section covers everything you need to know about deleting your browsing history or journey in Chrome.

Delete an Item from Chrome’s Browsing History

Follow the steps below to remove just one website from your Chromebook’s browsing history.

Delete Multiple Pages from Browsing History

Deleting Journeys from Your Browsing History

Tip:SelectTurn off Journeyson the sidebar to remove the “Journeys” tab from Chrome’s history page.

Delete Entire Browsing History

Tip:PressCtrl+Shift+Backspacein any tab to open Chrome’s “Clear browsing data” page.

How to Delete Google Search History

Google searches are saved in your browser and Google account. Deleting search history in Chrome only removes the information from the browser, not your Google account.

Follow the steps below to permanently clear your Google Search history from your account.

Note:Your Google Search history includes your activities on google.com and in the Google app on all your devices. That includes your search queries, results you click, audio recordings, location information, stories you read, etc.

TheDelete todayoption clears your search history for that day, whileDelete all timeclears your entire search history. ChooseDelete custom rangeto delete searches made within a specified time range. TheAuto-deleteoption allows you to set a schedule for deleting search history or activity older than 3-36 months.

Google provides options to download your search history and also allows you to pause saving search activity to your account.

Leave No Trace

Clearing Chrome’s browsing history won’t delete cookies, download history, bookmarks, or site data in the browser. The operation only deletes web pages visited through the address bar and other websites or apps.

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How to Delete Search and Browsing History on Your Chromebook#

Find Your Chromebook’s Browsing History#

How to Clear Browsing History on Your Chromebook#

Delete an Item from Chrome’s Browsing History#

Delete Multiple Pages from Browsing History#

Deleting Journeys from Your Browsing History#

Delete Entire Browsing History#

How to Delete Google Search History#

Leave No Trace#