It’s easier to clear out your Google search history

You probably already know that Google has a record of everything you search on Google.com. And while you can clear your local browser history, you couldn’t do the same for what’s stored on Google’s servers. But now, in a move to make Google users more aware of the control they have in their account, it’s easier to access settings to delete your search history. Through this link, you can choose to delete your search activity from the last hour or all your searches. From there you can even get access to control likes disabling ad personalization or stopping Google sites from saving activity.

These changes are coming first to desktop and mobile web with iOS and Android updates to come in the following weeks. The company has plans to expand these changes in the coming year to services like Maps as the company tries to overhaul its privacy controls. It comes at a time when giant tech companies are under scrutiny for what they’re doing to protect user data.

Source: The Verge