Google Chrome: Clear History and Delete Your Browsing Data
Contributed by Rob Rogers 
Tagged: Google If the computer you are using is accessed by people other than you, you probably do not want to disclose your browsing habits. By emptying your cache, deleting cookies, and clearing history, you can cover your tracks. Chrome makes this easy.
1. Open Google Chrome.
2. Click the wrench icon in the upper-right corner of the toolbar and select Clear browsing data.
3. Use the checkboxes to select the data you wish to clear out. Choices are: Clear browsing history, Clear download history, Empty the cache, Delete cookies and Clear saved passwords. By using the Clear data from this period dropdown, you can select the period for which you want the data cleared. Choices are: Last day, Last week, Last 4 weeks, or Everything.
4. Click the Clear Browsing Data button.
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ONIL said on November 3, 2008
ICON IS NOT WORKING, THEN WHAT?
* said on November 28, 2008
I wish that you could setup Chrome to do this automatically.
agrepina said on December 6, 2008
can i please quit Google chrome
meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee said on December 20, 2008
G8!!!!!!!! Thx
nobody said on January 7, 2009
just delete the history if icon doesnt work
chenna said on January 7, 2009
Workaround : Go to tool ( wrench) , import bookmarks @settings.
choose firefox from there( you need to have the firefox installed already with setting of automatically remove the history and other stuff option enabled ) and apply .
now chrome will use Firefox settings
Hope this helps.
chenna said on January 7, 2009
correction to earlier comment.
The workaround is not working.
Anonymous said on February 9, 2009
how do you put toolbars in google chrome? because when i tryed non of them worked.
suspicious said on February 21, 2009
I only want to delete specific sites. not all day. This is important, and I don’t eant chromeif I can’t do this
Ano said on March 12, 2009
Thanks!
john said on March 26, 2009
its quite annoying, but keep typed pages in the address bar, as you type first letters it shown that certain page, even after you clear so called history! whats now!
Mobwai said on April 10, 2009
Maybe that’s easy, but it’s not obvious enough for the average user who rarely bothers to manually clear their private data. The fact that you had to post an explanation of how to do this is proof that it’s not clear enough. A browser with really good security/privacy settings would be able to clear things automatically when the browser closes, and upon first install, that feature would be set to clear everything – the user would have to decide what they want to keep, not what they want to get rid of. So far there’s no browser quite that solid, but Firefox has add-ons that put it ahead of the competition. On the other hand, chrome is a Google product, and clearing your cookies means less revenue for Google’s ad network, so I don’t expect that Chrome will ever have truly adequate privacy settings.
G.HOPLEY said on April 24, 2009
How to delete only my browsing history on google chrome each day as I have to share the computer.. This was easy on old google as you just clicked on the items and then pressed delete.
ChromeConvert said on May 11, 2009
They have Incognito mode, it doesn’t save websites to your history, when you close the window all of those cookies get deleted, and when you download something, it doesn’t save a record of it, so, after you close it, its like it never existed.
Deepak said on May 13, 2009
thanks for helping me
Deana said on June 30, 2009
Right on the bottom under all the windows it says history…….scroll all the way down.
curious george said on June 30, 2009
im looking to permanently dis-remember my browsing history, except for cookies, so i dont always have to clear it, any tips on how i can accompish this?
simran said on July 10, 2009
i am very thankful to the owner of this page for helping me
Anonymous said on July 22, 2009
this feature of chrome does not work, next time you open the same crap still there
they did something in this last release and screwed it up..
they are starting to look like Microsoft, i am very sad i thought they would be diffrent
now google is the same garbage like Microsoft, bad software, bugs, all about money
Anonymous said on July 26, 2009
im trying to delet google CHROME FROM MY COMPUTER
Aditi said on July 27, 2009
Thanx a ton!! Ur advice helped.. was given in a very lucid style and illustrated nicely..
Had wanted to clear the history for ages..
Thanx again!!!
Anonymous said on August 14, 2009
i follow ur instructions still i am unable to clear history in google chrome.so plz give any other alternative.plzzz
Ramji said on August 18, 2009
it is good and better than other
Billy said on September 21, 2009
Clearing browsing data in Google Chrome does NOT work!
I just made a comment to a blog and no matter what I do, I cannot see my comment. I have cleared the browsing cache, even restarted the browser and still it wont show a fresh page. Even a hard refresh does not work!
I open the same page in Firefox and there is my comment for all the World to see.
Chrome sucks big time!!!!
dlm said on October 9, 2009
….except that if you bookmark it it shows up in the recent bookmarks column on the homepage. To clear these, do this:
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Chrome/thread?tid=7b1647b0a531169a&hl=en
Anonymous said on October 19, 2009
thanks so much!
Anonymous said on November 17, 2009
Hey there! I can´t do that. It doesn´t go away. The Search data is from my Internet explorer i think…. Can you help me? (ljung_alexander@hotmail.com)
Name said on November 20, 2009
Was the comment pending approval by the blog owner, maybe?
Anonymous said on November 23, 2009
Thank You Very much….
This has been very helpful and thorough…
I really appreciate the accuracy with the directions….
Now I will be prepared for any more future “problems”….
Thank you Once Again…
Anonymous said on November 28, 2009
you have to clear the browsing data as well.
Anonymous said on November 28, 2009
that, or it’s some other website delay. perhaps the server doesn’t refresh every 5 milliseconds like you want it to…
Anonymous said on November 28, 2009
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Anonymous said on December 9, 2009
Thanks, very useful
Anonymous said on December 9, 2009
Why do you need to read what you wrote anyway, like to hear yourself talk?
Anonymous said on December 9, 2009
Maybe a glitch, probably never will happen again
Anonymous said on December 20, 2009
Install the Click&Clean extension (clear browsing history when Chrome exits + support external app) https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/ghgabhipcejejjmhhchfonmamedcbeod
works only on Windows
Anonymous said on December 21, 2009
tnxs……….
Zahid Zuhair said on December 30, 2009
It’s working but the people want to delete the browsing history automatically when they close the CHROME browser.
If there is solution please give the answer.
Anonymous said on January 7, 2010
Hi,
thaks 4 this.
it is good way to clear history. but i want to clear history forever. so, how to do this.
please advice………………………
Thanks & regars
Nasib Singh
Anonymous said on January 16, 2010
Click&Clean options:
– Clear browsing data when browser closes
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/ghgabhipcejejjmhhchfonmamedcbeod
Anonymous said on January 16, 2010
Clic&Clean has been updated to v 3.6.5.0
More new features:
- remove Flash LSOs
- delete local web sql databases (HTML5 web-databases)
- prevent deletion of extensions preferences when deleting cookies (fixed chromium issue 30226)
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/ghgabhipcejejjmhhchfonmamedcbeod
chloe said on January 31, 2010
If you can’t see ‘Clear Browsing History’ in tools (I couldn’t!) go to
Tools button > Options > Personal Stuff > Clear browsing data.
Hope this helps!
Anonymous said on February 2, 2010
Google Chrome is a joke browser…
Insanely slow, and now apparently Google has decided to make clearing browser data even more difficult by burying the button in nested options…
IE is better than this lop of dog snot… But you should be using Firefox, period.
anonymous said on February 3, 2010
If you do not want your browsing history to be on you could use NEW INCOGNITO WINDOW option(ctrl+shift+N) – to browse where in the history will never get saved.
Anonymous said on February 5, 2010
@chloe
… and extensions preferences resets to default
Chromium issue http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=33850
…or do not delete cookies? :(
the Click&Clean item “Prevent deletion of extensions preferences” – really helps.
@chromeblows
Yes, Firefox on this time is better(although not support CSS3 transitions and very very slow on start), but I think it’s matter of time… I personally prefer Chrome.
Sorry, but IE = (_|_)
@anonymous
>use NEW INCOGNITO WINDOW
There’s nothing good:
1. You can’t enable extensions in Incognito mode.
2. Chrome help – warning, quote:
Browsing in incognito mode only keeps Google Chrome from storing
information about the websites you’ve visited. The websites you
visit may still have records of your visit.
Any files saved to your computer will still remain on your computer.
Anonymous said on February 8, 2010
in my google chrome ,
i can not find the option for clearing browsing data……
all options are available in the wrench type drop down list except ‘clear browsing data’
Anonymous said on February 9, 2010
click on wrench, click options, then personal stuff tab, then click button ‘ clear browsing data’
Anonymous said on February 13, 2010
I don’t have that “clear browsing history” button.. when i click the wrench i have “history, bookmark manager, downloads, extensions, synchronize my bookmarks” why dont i have it?
Anonymous said on February 17, 2010
the porn sites :))
Anonymous said on February 20, 2010
the google chrome i use doesnt show the option of “clear browsing data” in the tools section .. i have to delete it day by day … it there anything i can do to solve this because my browser is running very slow.
Anonymous said on February 21, 2010
When I click on the wrench icon there isn’t a clear browsing history data…..
Then what????
Anonymous said on February 21, 2010
Click on the wrench. Go to options.Go the the personal stuff tab.There is a section called browsing data and then there is a clear browsing data button. It’s pretty self explanatory after that.
Name said on February 24, 2010
clear browsing data isnt even an option on mine. what a POS
Anonymous said on February 28, 2010
hey i do not have the clear history button can someone help please
Anonymous said on February 28, 2010
on the google chrome im using it doesn’t have a “clear browsing data ” botton , what next?
guess who said on March 10, 2010
is it just me, or is this guy a comlete twat
Anonymous said on March 11, 2010
u can go to the options menu in settings…there is a personal stuff dialog box available there…in tat u can clear data thru browsing data options………
nasir said on March 12, 2010
i wants to clear all history from google chrome everyday
Anonymous said on March 16, 2010
just go to the screw driver :options: then drowsing data and then hit clear
Anonymous said on March 18, 2010
Are there progs (like windowwasher) who supports googlechrome ?
Anonymous said on March 19, 2010
In my chrome the ‘clear browser data’ button isn’t under personal stuff its in the ‘Under the Bonnet’ tab.
So the correct pathway is-
click on the spanner
click ‘Options’
click on the ‘Under the Bonnet’ tab
at top of the window is ‘Clear browsing data…’ click
select which items and time frame of history you want deleted.
DONE!
Anonymous said on March 19, 2010
In my chrome the ‘clear browser data’ button isn’t under personal stuff its in the ‘Under the Bonnet’ tab.
So the correct pathway is-
click on the spanner
click ‘Options’
click on the ‘Under the Bonnet’ tab
at top of the window is ‘Clear browsing data…’ click
select which items and time frame of history you want deleted.
DONE!
Anonymous said on March 19, 2010
just be sure to choose which application to be cleaned and check them and uncheck those applications that you use to avoid inclusion for deletion
Anonymous said on March 19, 2010
what if i cant find the ” clear browsing data “
nasir said on March 19, 2010
i m dr nasir majeed awan consultant psychiatric wants to delated my history daily
Anonymous said on March 21, 2010
Its not on the main part any more you will have to click on the wrench icon , then options , then under the hood were you will see it in the box
hai said on March 22, 2010
where is clear browsing data
Anonymous said on March 25, 2010
…i do not have a clear browsing history option? help
Radhika said on March 25, 2010
Click the wrench icon in the upper-right corner of the toolbar and select ” Options” and “Under the Hood” Tab under “privacy” you will find the “Clear browsing data”
Sage said on April 4, 2010
I am experiencing the same problem as other people. This does nothing.
I updated some image rollovers and THEY REFUSE TO UPDATE IN CHROME. I even go to the URL of the rollover image and refresh and THE NEW IMAGE SHOWS UP! But back on the website THE OLD IMAGE SHOWS UP! This is obviously a psychotic cache issue!
I’m guessing a large portion of Chrome’s “Speed” is that it caches every last thing so that revisited sites appear to load like lightning no matter what because it doesn’t even check for new versions. This is very lame. I’ll stick with Firefox.
Anonymous said on April 7, 2010
I don’t have the option of clearing data..then what to do? Please advice.
Anonymous said on April 8, 2010
what if it doesnt even show that
Anonymous said on April 30, 2010
its very easy, just press ctrl+shift+del. then you will find it
Anonymous said on April 30, 2010
can any one know the history even after deleting the history?
Anonymous said on May 6, 2010
My menu doesn’t have the “clear browsing data” option
Anonymous said on May 7, 2010
I have the tools menu logo thingy but clear browsing data is not in it! What should i do?
Phaiz3 said on May 14, 2010
you can also do this by pressing Ctrl+Shift+Delete
Phaiz3 said on May 14, 2010
i can help you if u have a windows pc
just tell me the version ( ME, Vista, XP, stc)
Anonymous said on May 16, 2010
i click on the wrench and the option clear browsing data isnt there – now what?
Anonymous said on May 16, 2010
me neither but by doing ctrl, shift and delete it does the same thing
Anonymous said on May 17, 2010
how can i get internet explorer back and get rid of google chrome?
Anonymous said on May 18, 2010
when i open the spanner, i havent got the ‘clear browsing history’ option there. what should i do?
help! said on May 27, 2010
i dont have the “clearing browsing data” button… :( so confusing!! errrrrr
hep said on May 29, 2010
i dont have Clear browsing data
Kurt said on May 30, 2010
This is a strong suggestion. I sometimes want to delete errors from searches like you searched with the wrong spelling for something in the omnibox, and would like to delete that specific search from Google Chrome. A list with all the searches you searched from the omnibox would be nice and with the option to delete some specific search.
Hulda said on June 3, 2010
Is there any way to delete certain visits out of browsing history ? Instead of deleting the whole day ?
sreedhar said on June 3, 2010
its not showing “delete history for this day” in google chrome now.. how to get that..
Anonymous said on June 9, 2010
In OS X do the following:1. Click Chrome in the menu2. Select “Clear Browsing Data”3. Select what data you want cleared.4. Press the “Clear Browsing Data” buttonUnder the “History” menu you can click “Show Full History” and decide what you want to remove there as well.
Anonymous said on June 9, 2010
You can do that under the “history” menu.
You can also visit the url to see/edit your history…
chrome://history/
Raymond said on June 10, 2010
how to clear history on google chrome
Raymond said on June 11, 2010
Some idiot has decided not to include( delete history for this day). Why? This is the
most useful one.Please Re-instal.
Sbohi13 said on June 12, 2010
clear download data (option) is not seen in my computer
Anonymous said on June 12, 2010
Odd, I still see it on mine.
Abdul555_wadood said on June 14, 2010
clear browsing datad menu is not present in my google chrome.please tell me how i can delete
Cherish said on June 17, 2010
This it Wrong!!!!!!!!!!! What you do is click on the wrench and then click history after that when the clear all brosong data box comes up you press the down arrow and then click everything the click ok
Peter Jackson said on June 18, 2010
There’s Different angle too:
In my case when I clicked the Wrench Icon.. Clear browsing History Option DIDN’T APPEAR!!!
So in this case you have to click OPTIONS and then click on UNDER THE BONNET option on top. Now you have to select CLEAR BROWSING HISTORY
Jagex said on June 18, 2010
just go on spanner icon, options, ‘under the bonnet’ tab, and clear browsing data button should be there,
Jagex said on June 18, 2010
just go on spanner icon, options, ‘under the bonnet’ tab, and clear browsing data button should be there,
aaaaaaaaaaaa said on June 23, 2010
my friend says she can track the files I have deleted on chrome……..is dat possible?
Tamikamitchell99 said on June 28, 2010
YAY IT WORKS IT REALLY WORKS I HAD THESE FERAL NAKED POP UPA THAT WERE ON MY COMPUTER AND MY SIS USES MY COMPUTER ND I WAS SCARED SHE WAS GONNA THINK NI GOOGLED THOSE LOL SOO this is why im here and yay its works
Tamikamitchell99 said on June 28, 2010
GO 2 options, then under the hood tab and under title is privacy and it should say clear browsing or somefin click on that choose hwo far bac u want ur history to b cleared the press the clear browsing data button simple peeps
Raghu_5779 said on July 1, 2010
i deleted the following things but when i search any other search engine that point of time my previous borrowing datas are appeared
Kalyn_warren said on July 2, 2010
how do i set it to clear automatically after i close my browser.
Anonymous said on July 2, 2010
Automatically to clear browsing history you can only with Click&Clean extension for Chrome (works on Window XP, Vista, 7)
Avril Nicole Xue said on July 5, 2010
i know
Hjkl said on July 14, 2010
thank u ,u really help me dude.
Mtsang78 said on July 28, 2010
I found a simple solution that might help some of you – I found a way to delete the Omnibar’s auto-complete BUT it won’t help you pick and choose the history you do/don’t want to keep. I struggled with this problem for hours with all the forums saying the same thing – “clear your browsing data”. Well, it’s funny because the solution that worked for me was, in fact, within the same realm – but with a little tweak.
Anyways, it’s as simple as changing your “clear data period” to “Everything” rather than “last day” or hour etc. As most of you know, it’s as simple as clicking ctrl+shift+del which opens up the “Clear Browsing Data” section and then choosing “Everything” for the “Clear data from this period” section.
If this doesn’t work for you, I’m sorry. But it definitely worked for me.
Hope this helps.
Franck said on August 1, 2010
Thanks I like google chrome but to erase all the browsing histoy I wouldn’t have found my way, It is not very user friendly on that part. Thanx again!
orion7x said on August 11, 2010
My Chrome used to have the Clear Browsing Data, Now it does not. What the hell? Major show stopping problem. Chrome will not refresh cache….
Sohaill555 said on August 12, 2010
awesome method..thanx!!
No one is this stupid said on August 19, 2010
ctrl shift delete
all you need to know :)
JOSHUAEXCEQUELNORA said on August 22, 2010
guys if im using google chrome AND I CLOSE IT HOW CAN I OPEN IT AGIAN?
Whiston said on August 28, 2010
I did all that and it made no difference
Mark said on September 6, 2010
Simply install Bing and use their clrar button
hoshang said on September 8, 2010
thanx a lot @ monishkothari .
Hanzillah siddique said on September 17, 2010
you are bloody fool
Vinaypatel Elex said on September 29, 2010
thank you so much..
ram said on October 2, 2010
thank u
SuP! said on October 4, 2010
me 2
Kabirjaiswal12 said on October 5, 2010
thanks it was correct
Saddique74 said on October 6, 2010
clear browsing the data will not be delatd.
Please replay me.
Baby Maha said on October 8, 2010
guyes i wana delet history but i cant understand. help me
Baby Maha said on October 8, 2010
guyes i wana delet history but i cant understand. help me
Cody Trustrum-Sparrow said on October 12, 2010
go into wrench and click history or ctrl+h in the top left quarter it will have clear all history or something like that
Ice491 said on October 18, 2010
dont have leh
Ice491 said on October 18, 2010
weird
Kamran Qamar said on October 24, 2010
not happening
Suomyn said on October 25, 2010
I tried this, but my history still shows up. I’ve also tried deleting the history through Ctrl + H but it’s too much too delete by checking off the boxes. I wish Google Chrome had an option to select every box at once, but it doesn’t have that option. That’s ridiculous.
Weeeee said on October 29, 2010
Do you mean like, bookmarked websites???
If you do, go to the wrench thingy, click on tools, and then click the ‘always show bookmarks bar’. :)
Beni_boi said on November 8, 2010
i dont even have a spanner icon -.-
Heavenly1996 said on November 21, 2010
what about the list that appears in google search bar down the page of google search?
when I type somthing in google search bar above the search result page nothıng appears, but when I want to do the same wıth the bar down the page all of my searchs tıll now appear! even those been cleaned!
Jjjjjjjjjjfdsjfhi said on November 28, 2010
it works dont wry i tried it
Penelope :) said on December 2, 2010
1) go to the spaner icon
2) click ‘history’
3) press ‘clear all browsing data…’
4) chose what you want to delete. If you would like to delete everything, tick all 6 boxes and then in the drop down menu select ‘everything’
viola, all your history is deleted :)
Penelope :) said on December 2, 2010
1) go to the spaner icon
2) click ‘history’
3) press ‘clear all browsing data…’
4) chose what you want to delete. If you would like to delete everything, tick all 6 boxes and then in the drop down menu select ‘everything’
viola, all your history is deleted :)
Saurabh.ar said on December 2, 2010
hi,
if u r unable to find it.
then go to tools- clear browsing data.
click that ur browsing history will deleted…
lulz said on December 5, 2010
lulz
ashwin said on December 9, 2010
go to tools n then try
Boythugs_1418 said on December 20, 2010
thankz
Balaji Pillai said on December 28, 2010
hi,
after deleted the history is there any possible to recover it.
Sedf said on December 30, 2010
dudes if you can’t see the icon, press ctrl +shift + del and the window should pop up!
Molaallahi said on January 5, 2011
yoyyyyy how do i find chrome data history
Mxz101 said on January 6, 2011
Is it still possible to see websites you’ve visited anywhere else on your computer after deleting browsing history?
JSB said on January 12, 2011
then when you go to tools and go to clear browsong data but you will see:”clear data from this period”and next to it it will say”today” or something like that just change that to “everything”
ps:are you from Onil??in spain??…if you are…then i am from castalla XD lol….if not….then you dont know what i am talking about
D Chittenden said on January 30, 2011
Derek Can any one try to help me to clear my history on Google History can anyone help me please as l am new to Google
Parinces Hafsa12 said on February 14, 2011
how r u
Anaghavk192 said on February 23, 2011
thank you
bud evan said on March 21, 2011
ie is not for a gamer, to many recourses, that is why chrome has everything in 3 tabs. unless i have to have a map(cause im stupid), i can find everything i need in 3 clicks Privacy
Content settings… Clear browsing data…
Google Chrome may use web services to improve your browsing experience.
Use a web service to help resolve navigation errors
Use a prediction service to help complete searches and URLs typed in the address bar
Use DNS pre-fetching to improve page load performance
Enable phishing and malware protection
Automatically send usage statistics and crash reports to Google
Web Content
Font size: Customize fonts…Page zoom:
Languages and spell-checker settings… Change Gears settings
Network…..you can do everything from 3 tabs. and guess whats missing???? a scrollbar will not be seen in the options menu, it so easy a caveman can do it. whoever is using ie is just sending emails, its all it has been decent for…i got plenty of computer but i changed caused of the freezing up and sounding like a machine gun when a page was loading, got tired of nothing happening….if your still using ie…… your on the bottom rung of the internet ladder. after my first trip to any page, when i go back i type 2 letters and google chrome has the link up. after 2 letters, the it takes you there quick….no more load time….the ie “revolving barrel of death” hahhahahahah
Bud evan said on March 21, 2011
on the right side click “edit items” the little tick marks on left side are there for a reason
Bud evan said on March 21, 2011
click edit history
bud evan said on March 21, 2011
my daughter does it…shes 5 years….click edit history on the right
bud evan said on March 21, 2011
click edit history on right it gives options and tics the one to delete…. i asked my so to do this for me when he was 2
Shyam said on March 28, 2011
i have similar interest to know. any solution so far?
porn junkie said on April 1, 2011
yea…… them…
vijay said on April 5, 2011
if I clear all cookies by an error if there a way to retrieve all those data. for instance all websites and blogs. pleased can anyone help me? i have lost all my long term data I think.
vijay said on April 5, 2011
simple. go to spanner. option. left side click under the hood. then in the new page content setting, click all cookies and data, list will appear. click remove all.
you will see a fresh page – all data will be gone….
Sandrafriar said on May 18, 2011
this does not work either
Vowani said on June 11, 2011
Add a new bookmark to your Chrome bookmarks bar with the URL below in it.
Then each time you need to clear your browsing data, click the bookmark.
chrome://settings/clearBrowserData
Heamsters said on July 29, 2011
how i can delete just one page history? I dont whant delete all
Mageswaran35 said on August 15, 2011
Thanks
mamuni said on September 12, 2011
thank you for the easy way to larn us
vinu said on October 1, 2011
thanks its working
Nazila said on October 30, 2011
How can I recover my deleted history in google chrome?
meena said on December 5, 2011
hi friends make me clear about if i clear google chrome history then will it clear bookmarks also?…………….help
Valentin ACOSTA said on January 16, 2012
i am no sur ehow work with this