By default, YouTube video hosting automatically saves the videos you watch and the queries you enter, provided you are logged into your account. Some users don't need this feature or just want to clear the list of viewed posts. In this article we will look in detail at how to do this from a computer and through a mobile application.
Deleting information about searches and watched videos in the full version of the site is quite simple; the user only needs to perform a few simple steps. The main thing before cleaning is to make sure that you are logged into your profile.
Clearing query history
Unfortunately, there is no way to prevent queries from being saved in the search bar, so you will have to delete them manually. Fortunately, doing this is not at all difficult. Just click on the search bar. The latest requests will be immediately displayed here. Just click on "Delete" so that they don't appear again. In addition, you can enter a word or letter and also remove certain lines from the search.
Clearing browsing history
Watched videos are saved in a separate menu and displayed on all devices where you are logged into your account. You can clear this list in just a few simple steps:
Clearing history in the YouTube mobile app
A huge number of people use YouTube mainly on smartphones or tablets, watching videos through the mobile application. It also allows you to clear your saved queries and views. Let's look into this in detail.
Clearing query history
The search bar in mobile YouTube is almost the same as in the full version of the site. Clearing your query history takes just a few taps:
Clearing browsing history
The interface of the mobile application is slightly different from the full computer version of the site, but all the most necessary functions are retained here, including the ability to clear saved watched videos. This is done as follows:
There is nothing complicated in clearing history on YouTube; everything is done in a few simple steps both on a computer and a mobile application. In addition, I would like to once again note the function "Do not save browsing history", it will allow you to avoid manual cleaning every time.
If you want to find one of the movies found in the past, check your search history. In YouTube search history you will see all previously entered search terms. Your YouTube and Google search history affects the recommendations you see on the home page.
Note: To access your search history in the YouTube app, follow the instructions below. Your search history is also saved in your Google Account if you have that option enabled. So you can see and control your saved activity on the My Activity page.
You have complete control - you can clear your entire search history, delete recommended searches, or pause history recording.
What you should pay attention to:
- Search queries, which will be removed from history, will not affect recommendations.
- After clearing your search history Previously entered search terms will not appear as a suggestion in the search field.
- If you pause search history recording, the search queries you enter will not be saved.
- All searches entered after logging into your account, will appear in your search history on all your devices.
Note: To view or delete information about previously watched movies on YouTube, check your viewing history.
YouTube search history on computer
To view your search history, go to History on the tab Library and switch to Search history.
- Delete one search result: Click × to the right of the search results to remove this entry from your history.
- Deleting search history: select Clear search history to delete all search history.
- Pause search history: select Don't save search history to pause recording results in your search history.
YouTube search history on Android device
Pause search history
To pause search history in your account, click on the account icon → Options → History and security Pause search history recording.
Removing individual searches
You can remove individual searches from your search history by logging into your account and following these steps:
- Click on the search icon.
- Tap and hold on a suggested search result, where you'll see a history icon next to it.
- When the pop-up window asks if you want to remove this entry from your search history, select Delete.
Clearing all search history
To clear all search history in your account, click on the account icon → Options → History and security and use the “Clear search history” item.
Manage your search history on iPhone and iPad
Pause search history
To pause search history in your account, click on the account icon → then Options → History and security and set the switch next to Pause search history.
Deleting individual requests
- Tap the search icon.
- Swipe left on the search result you want to delete.
- Click Delete.
Clearing search history
To clear the search history in your account, click on the account icon → then Options → History and security and use the “Clear search history” function.
Note Note: Not all search history features are available after logout. Sign in to your account to access your full search history.
YouTube is the most famous video hosting site, filled with billions of videos of varying quality and content. It seems that you can find everything here - from the official video of a popular artist to tips on fixing a VAZ carburetor.
The video hosting administration adheres to fairly strict rules for moderating posted videos, but you still don’t always want others to know what exactly you are watching here. To maintain your privacy, it is useful to know how to delete history on youtube.
Clearing the log
There are two types of logs on the YouTube video hosting site: views and search queries. Both of these logs can be cleared completely or individual entries can be erased from them. How to do this on different devices is shown below.
Computer or laptop
Log in to the video hosting site. Open the Guide and go to the Viewed section. At the top you will see two tabs - Browsing History and Search History. Let's start working with the first one. Below there is a "Clear" button. Click on it to permanently erase all saved information. 
To erase information about an individual video, hover over the menu that is located to the right of it and looks like three dots. Click on it and select “Remove from playlist.” 
Now let's move on to cleaning the search query log. This is where you keep a record of what you've searched for recently. You can either clear the entire browsing history at once or delete entries individually. 
There is also a “Pause Recording” button, clicking which will prevent the service from monitoring your activity.
You can clear your search history in the browser itself. To do this, you just need to know how to delete history in Chrome.
In addition, delete the channel on YouTube, and along with it your Google + page, so that information about your activity is not stored on the video hosting site. In this case, it will be enough to simply delete the history in Yandex so that information about your requests remains confidential.
iOS
Launch the application. 
Open the YouTube app control menu and go to the Watched section.
To erase a record of an individual video, click the three-dot button next to it and select “Remove from playlist.” Clearing the entire browsing history is done by pressing the trash can button.
The search history is deleted automatically when you exit the application, so there is no need to erase it separately.
Android
Open the YouTube application. 
If you use the mobile version of the site to watch videos, you can erase information about your activity from your computer by first logging in to the video hosting site.
If you want to delete all information from the log at once, select “Clear history”.
As for search queries, you can erase them using the “Clear search history” function, which is located in the “Privacy” section in the application settings. 
TV or console
- Launch the YouTube app on your TV. Open its main menu and select “History”.
- Click Clear Browsing History. Some device models also support the function of deleting search queries.
The clear log option may not be present on the TV. In this case, log into the account you are using from your computer and perform all the necessary actions through it.
Let's consider today the question of how to clear your viewing history and search history on Youtube? I am sure that advanced and curious users know how to do this. If you haven't deleted your history yet, watch the video or read this short article. Anyway, thanks for stopping by and reading my blog, it's absolutely wonderful.
- Surely, you have noticed that Youtube stores all the videos (history) you have watched and the history of your requests.
So, when you go to the main page of Youtube, you will notice that you are offered similar, and often the same videos and channels, according to your interests, views and queries in the hosting search bar. - I agree that sometimes it’s convenient not to additionally search Youtube for videos of a certain channel if the topic is still interesting to you. In other words, you can always return to what you have viewed. YouTube memory is rubbery. Probably, this first point can be attributed to the disadvantages of clearing views.
But among the advantages of cleaning, I will include the following sub-points.
- We do not stand still, interests change, plus such videos and requests accumulate, oh, so many. Therefore, YouTube’s memory still needs to be cleared so that it works better, faster and does not slow down.
- Also, if the computer in a family is shared by several family members, it is worth clearing your YouTube history from time to time so that a curious husband or children do not spy on your interests).
- Another advantage of deleting the viewing history is the fact that we will most likely not miss popular videos and in the end I, for example, want to decide for myself what to watch and what is interesting to me at the moment, especially since I can clear / delete history can be done literally in seconds. Why not take advantage of this opportunity.
Clearing browsing and query history
- 1. Go to your channel and in the left column of the menu click on the “Viewed” item. Here you will see two tabs: the entire history of the videos you have watched, which you can always return to, as well as your request history.
Previously, this menu item was called “Journal”. - 2. So, how to clean. You need to select individual videos and simply delete them by clicking on the cross.
- 3. The second option is to click on “Clear history”. Then reload the page. The browsing history should be cleared, if not, then repeat this action again (for me it was cleared only after reloading the page). Do the same with the request history. By the way, if for some reason you want to delete or temporarily hide your channel or individual secret videos, then read how to do this.
- 4. It is possible to pause history recording; you need to click on the corresponding button in both tabs.
That's all for me, watch the video. All the best! Sincerely, . In the next article, read how to make a placeholder, a placeholder image.
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