Access & control activity in your account

When you use Google sites, apps, and services, a record of some of your activity is saved in your Google Account. You can easily access and control this activity, where you can find and delete them in My Activity. You can also stop saving most activity at any time.

About My Activity

My Activity is a central place to view and manage activity such as searches you've done, websites you've visited, and videos you've watched.

Learn how activity works

To personalize your experience, your activity on certain Google services like Search, YouTube, or Chrome, can be saved as data to your account. This activity helps make your experience on Google faster and more useful.

The kinds of activity that show up in My Activity can include associated data like location, and can depend on which Google products you use, andwhich Activity controls are turned on.

Learn when your activity gets saved to your account

Activity is saved when you're signed in to your Google Account.

YourActivity controls control most of the activity data that's saved to your account.

Find & view activity

Your Google activity data is listed as individual items, starting with the most recent.

Find activity

  1. Go to yourGoogle Account.
  2. On the left navigation panel, clickData & privacy.
  3. Under "History settings," clickMy Activity.
  4. To access your activity:
    • Browse your activity, organized by day and time.
    • To find specific activity, at the top, use the search bar and filters.

Manage your activity

Get details about activity

To view details about an item: At the bottom of the item, selectDetails. You'll find the date and time of the activity and why it was saved. You might also get location, device, and app information.

Delete activity

Learn how todelete past searches, browsing history, and other activity in My Activity. You can alsoset up automatic deletion for older activity.

Require an extra step to find your full history on My Activity

To strengthen your privacy on shared devices, you can choose to require an extra verification step to view your full history on My Activity.

  1. Go to activity.google.com.
  2. Above your activity, selectManage My Activity Verification.
  3. TurnExtra Verificationon or off.

Turn off & delete activity

You can control most of the information and data in My Activity.

  1. Go to yourGoogle Account.
  2. On the left, clickData & privacy.
  3. Under "History settings," click an activity or history setting you don't want to save.
  4. Under the setting you don’t want to save, selectTurn off.
  5. Follow the steps to turn off the setting, or choose toTurn off orTurn off and delete activity.
    • If you chooseTurn off and delete activity, follow the steps to select and confirm what activity you want to delete.

Tip:Some activity isn't included in My Activity.

Stop saving activity temporarily

You canbrowse in Incognito mode.

Tip: If you sign in to your Google Account in a private browsing window, your search activity may be stored in that account.

Fix problems

Your activity doesn't show up

Important: Some Google services don't support saving activity data to your account.

If your searches, websites you've visited, or other activity don't show in My Activity, make sure that:

  • You're signed in. Activity is saved only when you're signed in to your Google Account.
  • Your device is online. Any offline activity won't show up in My Activity until your device connects to the Internet.
  • The right settings are turned on.Review yourActivity controls to make sure you're saving the kinds of activity you want to.
  • You're signed in to only one account.Ifmultiple accounts are signed in to the same browser or device at the same time, your activity might be saved to the default account.
You find activity you don't recognize

You might find these types of unfamiliar activity in My Activity.

Activity from websites & apps that use Google services

Some websites and apps use Google services, like Search, Maps, or Ads. If you visit these websites and apps while signed in to your Google Account, your activity might show up in My Activity. If you use a shared device or sign in with multiple accounts, you may find activity from another signed in account.

Some websites and apps might share certain activity with Google.

Learn more aboutWeb & App Activity.

Predicted activity

Sometimes Google predicts what you'd like to view next and serves this content to you.

  • For example, ifYouTube autoplay is turned on, My Activity might show videos that were played automatically based on what you've watched.

Other unfamiliar activity

You might find unfamiliar activity if:

  • You’re signed in to multiple accounts on thesame browser or device at the same time.
    • Activity from another signed-in account might be saved in My Activity.
  • There’s an activation you didn’t intend and Google Assistant detects it.
  • You didn't sign out of a shared device, like a public computer.
  • Your device is set to a different date and time.
    • Activity from this device might appear with an incorrect date.
  • Someone accessed your accountwithout your permission.

If you think activity on your account was done by someone else, take steps to helpkeep your account secure.

Find other activity

Not all of the data that's saved to your account shows up in My Activity. 

For example, if you've turned onTimeline, that data is saved to yourMaps Timeline instead.

To find other kinds of activity that are saved to your account:

  1. On your computer, go to yourGoogle Account.
  2. On the left, selectData & privacy.
  3. On the "History settings," selectMy Activity.
  4. Above your activity, in the search bar, click MoreMoreand thenOther activity.
  5. Below the activity you want to find, select your option.

Learn more about theinformation we collect and why.

To view and control other account information, open yourGoogle Account.

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