Google announced recently that the online activity of new users will be deleted automatically in 18 months and users can also change and customize manually in settings.
Important Points:-
- Google deletes the online activity of new users automatically in 18 months.
- Users can able to change this setting manually as per their preference.
- Google keeps track of its user but now the user can able to change and customize the online activity setting.
Below are the steps for users to monitor and change the online activity to which Google has Access.
1. Users should log in to their accounts and click on their profiles.
2. Click on ‘Manage your Google Account’ then go to ‘Data and Personalisation’.
3. After that scroll to ‘Activity controls’ and click on ‘Web and App Activity. Here users can find settings for customizing and changing online activity as per their choice.
There were four sub-options available in Web and App Activity.
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–If users want to hide their track of activity like the search history of Google and YouTube, voice and audio recording, and Google Assistant commands, then you can turn it off.
–Check the boxes on Chrome history and activity from sites, applications, and devices that use Google services.
–Users can also set the auto-delete feature. Users can select auto-delete for an activity for 3 months or 18 months. Once the auto-delete option is chosen, click Next or Confirm. There was also an option of “Don’t auto-delete”
–Option of Manage Activity after clicking it will show users generate all data history from the time they created an Account unless they discontinued it previously.
–Users will see items arranged by date so users can select the three dots manually and then they find Delete or Details according to their choices.
–If users want to choose the activity for automatic deletion then click on the three dots on the top right side and you will find to choose the options of the last hour, last day, or all time. Users can select it for a specific time in which data is to be deleted, they can also do it by selecting the custom range.
