Google has long been known for its search engine and online services, but the company is now branching out into other areas of technology. One of these new ventures is Google Web and Location History. Google Web and Location History is a feature that allows you to track the websites you’ve visited, as well as the places you’ve been. This information can be used to generate reports or graphs, or simply to keep track of your whereabouts over time. However, if you want to delete your Google Web and Location History data, there are a few steps you need to take. Here are the steps:

  1. Open Google Chrome on your computer.
  2. Click on the three lines in the top right corner of the browser window (or press Ctrl+Shift+I). This will open the “Tools” menu.
  3. Click on “History” from the Tools menu.
  4. Under “History Type,” select “Web History” from the list on the left side of the window (or press Ctrl+Shift+H).
  5. Under “Web History Details,” click on “All Sites” from the list on the right side of the window (or press Ctrl+A).
  6. In the list of websites that appears, click on any website that you want to delete from your history (or press Ctrl+D).
  7. To delete a website from your history permanently, click on its name in either list and then click on “Delete Site” from either list (or press Delete key). ..

As an existing user, to make Google delete your data after 18 months, you’ll have to go into your activity settings and change this option. You can also tell Google to auto-delete activity after three months or stop activity collection entirely.

To find these options, head to the Activity Controls page and sign in with your Google account if you aren’t already signed in. Click the “Auto-delete” option under Web & App Activity.

Select when you want to delete data—after 18 months or 3 months. Click “Next” and confirm to continue.

Be aware: Google uses this history to personalize your experience, including your web search results and recommendations. Deleting it will make your Google experience less “personalized.”

Scroll down on the page and repeat this process for other types of data you might want to auto-delete, including Location History and YouTube History.

You can also disable (“pause”) activity history collection by clicking the slider to the right of a type of data. If it’s blue, it’s enabled. If it’s grayed out, it’s disabled.

If the “Auto-delete” option for a type of history data is grayed out, that’s because you’ve paused (disabled) collection of that data.

You can also head to the My Activity page and use the “Delete activity by” option in the left sidebar to manually delete various types of data stored in your Google account.

Be sure to repeat this process for each Google account you use.

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