There's a Way of Finding Out EVERY Google Search You've Ever Made And We're Not OK With It

Mostly just 'How to eat pizza without putting on weight'

21 March, 2018

There's a Way of Finding Every Single Google Search You've Made. Like, Ever

Well, this is awkward. Apparently, no matter how hard you've tried to delete your google search past (we're sorry, but 'dream weddings on Pinterest' is always a bit embarrassing) it turns out that you can't. You just can't.

According to Digital Spy, Google has been storing your searches since it first launched 18 years ago - and not just the recent ones since you last deleted your history. Oh no. Every. Single. Search you've ever made, on any device while logged in to your current Gmail or Google device, can be found. Bollocks.

Surveying the damage is fairly easy - head to history.google.com/history, where you'll find all your searches (and the exact date and time they were made). You can even get techy and break it down by image search, or maps, etc.

But, aside from potentially ruining your life a little bit, this can be quite a useful way of remembering when certain events happened. You can stop Google recording your history, though: click the 'details' control under any past search, then choose 'Activity controls' and uncheck the box in 'Web & App Activity'.

If that sounds like too much effort, then just be careful to sign out of your Gmail on communal computers, or else Sarah from the office might be wondering why you searched 'How to hide a person in your house' after one too many Stranger Things episodes...