Users can now schedule history to be deleted without having to worry about accessing the history panel every few months to manually erase history. Step 2: Find and enable the setting named Allow deleting browsing history on exit in Computer Configuration and User Configuration. There is an option at the bottom of history section, which allows you to clear all your browsing history upon browser shut down. It shouldn’t impact organic search rankings much, as Google has told us that personalization is very limited in terms of how it impacts the core rankings.Īs searchers – especially those who are concerned about privacy – the ability to automate deleting history is a big win. It’s unclear how much of an impact it might have on targeting, but we hope to explore the new control in more detail in the future. As marketers, this may impact our ad targeting within Google Ads.
If this policy is left not set Google Chrome will use the default which is to preserve site data on shut down and the user will be able to change this. For example, you may want to remove browsing history and cookies but keep passwords and form fill data. If set to disabled site data will not be cleared on exit. Google said the controls “are coming first to Location History and Web & App Activity and will roll out in the coming weeks.” When set to enabled Google Chrome will delete all locally stored data from the browser when it is shut down. The most effective setting is to clear all browsing history for All time and. Why don’t I see this option? The setting is still rolling out and will only be available for location history and web and app activity for now. Choose History Choose Clear Browsing Data. Then, click on the “choose to delete automatically” button and schedule if you’d like to delete your history automatically on a 3- or 18-month cycle. Login to your Google account and go to the activity controls panel. The option allows users to “set it and forget it” to avoid having to manually login to Google preferences and delete history. Google announced today that users can now automatically schedule Google browser history to be deleted on a 3-month or 18-month schedule.