Clear YouTube History

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youtube history

Last updated: November 23, 2022

Google knows everything about you, including your habits when you spend time on his streaming site.
YouTube uses this history to show you new videos or to encourage you to rewatch old videos. What if we cleaned up our YouTube history a little?
Here is how to clean your YouTube account history or stop collecting data about you.

Clear the history of a single viewed video

If you just want to delete the few cartoons or videos of cats watched by the youngest in order to give the recommendations a little more consistency,

  • Go to YouTube from your browser.
  • Tap the cone with the three bars next to the YouTube logo to deploy the left pane.
  • Click History to view all videos viewed.
  • Tap the cross at the top right of a video.

Delete all YouTube history

On iPhone or Android

  • Launch the YouTube app
  • Go to Library> History
  • Press the menu ⋮ at the top right
  • Tap History settings
  • Tap Clear search history
  • To also clear the history of watched videos, tap Clear history of watched videos

On the Web

  • Go to YouTube from your browser
  • Click on the cone with the three bars next to the YouTube logo to deploy the left pane
  • In the right pane, check History to bring up three options under live chat.
  • Then click Clear all history of watched videos to leave no trace of your views.
  • To also delete the search history, check research history then click Clear all search history.

Disable YouTube history creation

Tired of YouTube tracking you? No problem – here's how to disable YouTube history forever.

On iPhone or Android

  • Launch the YouTube app
  • Go to Library> History
  • Then in the menu ⋮ at the top right
  • Go to History settings
  • Tap Turn off search history
  • Tap Turn off the history of watched videos

On the Web

  • In the left pane, this time click Activity Controls.
  • Find the YouTube search history section
  • Move the slider to the left so that YouTube never records your requests