How To Remove Your YouTube Viewing and Search History Before Google’s New Privacy Policy Takes Eff

How To Remove Your YouTube Viewing and Search History Before Google’s New Privacy Policy Takes Effect:
gizmoto.com

You might caught the ats thread on clearing your google search history, but did you think too or know how to delete your YouTube viewing, and search history?

I didn't until Gizmodo reminded me.

Here's how:

1. Log in to your Google account.

2. Go to www.youtube.com...

3. Click on your icon.

4. Click "Video Manager"

5. Click "History"

6. Click "Clear all viewing history."

7. Click "Pause viewing history."

8. Click "Search History."

9. Click "Clear all search history."

10. Click "Pause search history."

Make sure you do this before March 1st!!!

Thank you Gizmodo!

Make sure you click the link to Gizmodo above, they have nice pictures outlining each step too.

Thanks for the reminder, forgot to clear my Youtube.

I think our "search history" would be more incriminating than our "watch history" though. Sometimes I click on ridiculous things because I was snagged by the title. I also like going back into my watched history for some obscure video I came across, I'd like to keep that stuff unpaused.

You should pause the history before clearing it. I noticed the option to pause goes away after you have cleared it.

done and done

thanks for the reminder

nvm, figured it out -
Man I haven't checked my acct for months and the new format kinda sucks. Is there an option to get the old one back?

Thanks for the tip

reply to post by speculativeoptimist


no the new layout is what they have decided is best, and soon it will be the only style(right now you can choose)

i hate it

Done, and found an old account I had neglected.
Sneaky ...they stored stuff I have no clue how they did that!

or:

Just delete your google account

Unless they're interested in me having searches for high quality, album versions of metal songs or wrestling matches/promos, I don't think I need to worry.

I have been watching this thread since yesterday hoping someone would come along and explain why this might be necessary or desireable to do. I suppose anybody's history might show some bizarre searches or plays if they were just surfing for entertainment. In my case, if any law agency were to explore my history they may have to conclude I lead a boring life.

What in their new privacy policy would make this necessary? Does YouTube let post videos that are incriminating to watch?