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How to Clear YouTube Search History on Any Device (2018)

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How to Clear YouTube Search History on Any Device (2018)

3,397,056 views November 1, 2018 4:03

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In brief

You’ll quickly erase your YouTube search history across devices to protect your privacy and reset video recommendations. The process differs slightly for computers, iPhones, and Android phones—each takes just a few taps or clicks.

Questions & answers

Does this affect watch history too?

No, this only clears search history, not videos you’ve watched.

Description from the creator

Watch this tutorial video to learn how to clear your YouTube history on your computer, iOS or Android device. We’ll walk you through the quick and easy steps so you can avoid the risk of anyone snooping through your YouTube search history, and optimize the recommendations YouTube gives you for new videos to check out.

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
Computer/Desktop Instructions 1:03
iOS Instructions 2:13
Android Instructions 3:01

Computer Instructions:
To clear YouTube search history on your computer, open your browser and go to YouTube.com. Sign in to your YouTube account. Click the menu icon in the top left. Select History. Click Search History. Click X beside an item to remove it from your history, or click Clear All Search History to erase it all.

iOS Instructions:
To clear YouTube search history on iOS, start by launching the YouTube app. Then tap your profile picture in the top right. Now tap Settings. Scroll down and tap Clear Search History. To confirm that you would like to remove your whole search history on your YouTube account, tap Clear History.

Android Instructions:
To clear YouTube search history on Android, launch the YouTube mobile app. Then click your profile icon to access the main app menu. Select Settings. Then, tap History and Privacy. To remove all of your YouTube search history, tap Clear Search History.

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Techboomers published this 4:03 video tutorial on November 1, 2018. It has been watched 3,397,056 times on YouTube.

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November 1, 2018
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