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 bring you new videos or to encourage you to watch old videos again. How about cleaning up the YouTube history a bit?
Here is how to clean your YouTube account history or stop collecting data about you.
Clear the history of a single video viewed
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 icon 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 icon 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 stalking you? No problem - here's how to turn off 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
- Set the cursor to the left so that YouTube never saves your requests