How to clear history on windows 10

You can view your browsing history in Chrome. On a desktop or laptop computer, you can use the Journeys view of history to continue browsing that you’ve already started and find related searches.

If you don’t want a record of pages you visited in Chrome, you can delete all or some of your browsing history. If you delete your browsing history, it takes effect on all devices where you turned sync on and signed in to Chrome. You can also disable the Journeys view of history if you’d like.

Separately, you can also delete your Google search history from your account.

Learn more about how to turn sync on or off in Chrome.

Find your history

Find a page from your history

1. On your computer, open Chrome.
2. In the address bar, enter @history.
3. Press tab or space. You can also click Search History
   
   in the suggestions.
4. Enter keywords for the page you previously visited.
5. Select the page from the list.

Clear your history

Delete an item from your history

Tip: To search for something specific, use the search bar at the top.

Remove a shortcut image from the New Tab page

To find the sites you visit most, open a new tab.

To remove a shortcut image:

1. Point to the image you want to remove.
2. At the top right of the image, click More
   
    
   
   Remove .

Get started with Journeys

In the "Journeys" tab of your History page, your Chrome browsing history and searches are organized by topic and presented in Journey sections. Here, you can easily find your previous browsing activity and continue your research with related searches. If you bookmark a page or add it to a tab group, the page is labeled on the right.

Find your Journeys

1. On your computer, open Chrome.
2. In the address bar, enter your search terms.
3. Below your address bar, tap Resume your research.

Alternatively, you can access the Journeys view directly from the "Chrome History" page.

Tip: At the bottom of the page, you can find suggested searches related to your Journeys.

Remove items from your Journeys

Some Journeys that may be sensitive are automatically hidden but can be found through the search box on the Journeys page. For example, if you searched for a health topic and want to revisit that journey, type the health topic into the search box.

You can manually delete a journey or a page of a journey.

What your History shows

Your History shows the pages you've visited on Chrome in the last 90 days. It doesn’t store Chrome pages you’ve visited like chrome://settings, pages you've visited in private browsing, or pages you've already deleted from your browsing history.

If you're signed in to Chrome and sync your history, then your History shows pages you’ve visited across all your synced devices for much longer. If you're signed out of Chrome, your History won't show pages across your other devices.

Browse privately

If you don’t want Chrome to save your browsing history at all, you can browse in private with Incognito mode.

Using a Chromebook at work or school? Your network administrator can turn off browsing history. If history is off, your History won't list pages you've visited. Learn about using a managed Chrome device.

Related resources

• Search the web on Chrome
• Set your default search engine

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