{"id":42256,"date":"2022-07-30T16:32:44","date_gmt":"2022-07-30T16:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=42256"},"modified":"2022-07-30T16:32:45","modified_gmt":"2022-07-30T16:32:45","slug":"how-to-clear-search-history-on-youtube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-clear-search-history-on-youtube","title":{"rendered":"How to Clear Search History on YouTube"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_43 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a1dcfac7b035\" class=\"cssicon\"><span style=\"display: flex;align-items: center;width: 35px;height: 30px;justify-content: center;direction:ltr;\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/label><label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a1dcfac7b035\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a1dcfac7b035\" ><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-clear-search-history-on-youtube\/#How_to_Clear_Search_History_on_YouTube\" title=\"How to Clear Search History on YouTube\">How to Clear Search History on YouTube<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-clear-search-history-on-youtube\/#Incognito_Mode\" title=\"Incognito Mode\">Incognito Mode<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-clear-search-history-on-youtube\/#Signing_in_to_your_account\" title=\"Signing in to your account\">Signing in to your account<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-clear-search-history-on-youtube\/#Using_Elmedia_Player\" title=\"Using Elmedia Player\">Using Elmedia Player<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-clear-search-history-on-youtube\/#Removing_YouTube_watch_history\" title=\"Removing YouTube watch history\">Removing YouTube watch history<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Clear_Search_History_on_YouTube\"><\/span>How to Clear Search History on YouTube<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" alt=\"how to clear search history on youtube\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/kaJ6KSK.jpg\" style=\"height:auto; max-height:303px; margin:0px 10px; width:auto; max-width:29%\"> <\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re wondering how to clear search history on YouTube, this article will help you do it. First, you&#8217;ll need to sign in to your account. Then, you&#8217;ll need to confirm that you want to clear your search history. Once you&#8217;ve done that, you can choose to cancel your action. You can also choose to clear your search history across all devices, including your Chromebook. And, of course, you&#8217;ll also need to be signed in to your YouTube account if you&#8217;re using a Chromebook.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Incognito_Mode\"><\/span>Incognito Mode<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>To clear your search history on YouTube in Incognito Mode, open the Settings menu and select the &#8220;Clear all watch history&#8221; and &#8220;Clear all search history&#8221; options. Alternatively, you can select the &#8220;Pause history&#8221; option to avoid deleting your search history. However, this will prevent your search history from being deleted and make it difficult to find the videos that you are looking for.<\/p>\n<p>While incognito mode is a great way to avoid leaving tracks on your computer, this feature is only available for Android devices. To enable it, you need to open the YouTube app and tap on the profile picture. Next, select &#8220;Turn on incognito.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Signing_in_to_your_account\"><\/span>Signing in to your account<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you want to clear your watch and search history, you need to sign in to your YouTube account first. To do so, navigate to the top-left corner of your browser window to select the menu. Click History and privacy and select &#8220;Clear all watch and search history.&#8221; You will be prompted to confirm the action before clearing your history. Once you&#8217;ve completed this step, you&#8217;ll need to sign in to YouTube again to remove your history.<\/p>\n<p>Delete Your Search History. YouTube records your searches and stores them as a record of the videos you&#8217;ve watched. You can change these settings to make them more private or delete your search history altogether. To do this, you&#8217;ll need to sign in to your YouTube account and tap the Settings cog. Scroll down to the &#8220;Clear All Search History&#8221; option and click OK to confirm.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Using_Elmedia_Player\"><\/span>Using Elmedia Player<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you have a subscription with YouTube, you can easily clear your search history from the website. All you need to do is visit the YouTube website, and then go to Settings &gt; Privacy. Select &#8216;Clear All Search History&#8217; from the menu. You will see a list of all the items you&#8217;ve searched for in the past. Tap on each one to delete them, or simply click on the X button to clear the entire list.<\/p>\n<p>Once you&#8217;ve cleared your search history, you can continue watching videos. Elmedia Player supports a number of languages, full-screen mode, and playlists. Using this player makes managing your playlist easy, and it also has the advantage of pinning its screen to the top of other open applications. You can also customize the player&#8217;s settings, as well as its color theme. For a more customized experience, you can install an external application that adds more features to it.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Removing_YouTube_watch_history\"><\/span>Removing YouTube watch history<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;re wondering how to remove YouTube watch history, you&#8217;ve come to the right place. First, you can choose to delete the entire history, or just the videos you&#8217;ve watched. The process is pretty straightforward, and it will reset your browsing preferences and recommendations. However, you should note that you may still see videos that you&#8217;ve watched before, depending on your location or other Google applications. This is normal and can be easily remedied.<\/p>\n<p>To remove YouTube watch history, first of all, log in to your account and click on History. From here, you&#8217;ll see your history. There, you can view and pause the videos you&#8217;ve watched. Afterward, you can delete specific videos by clicking the checkboxes next to them. Make sure you&#8217;re logged out of your account before you proceed to delete the history. If you have ever watched a video that you&#8217;re embarrassed about, this is an easy way to get rid of it.<\/p>\n<p> <iframe height=\"290\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Lxe0siN3bUI\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"519\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"margin:0px auto; display: block;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to Clear Search History on YouTube If you&#8217;re wondering how to clear search history on YouTube, this article will help you do it. First, you&#8217;ll need to sign in to your account. Then, you&#8217;ll need to confirm that you want to clear your search history. Once you&#8217;ve done that, you can choose to cancel [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":42788,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v21.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to Clear Search History on YouTube - Zeru<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-clear-search-history-on-youtube\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to Clear Search History on YouTube\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"How to Clear Search History on YouTube If you&#8217;re wondering how to clear search history on YouTube, this article will help you do it. First, you&#8217;ll need to sign in to your account. Then, you&#8217;ll need to confirm that you want to clear your search history. Once you&#8217;ve done that, you can choose to cancel [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-clear-search-history-on-youtube\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Zeru\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-07-30T16:32:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-07-30T16:32:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/How-to-Clear-Search-History-on-YouTube_42256.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Lizzie Yates\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Lizzie Yates\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-clear-search-history-on-youtube\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-clear-search-history-on-youtube\",\"name\":\"How to Clear Search History on YouTube - Zeru\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-07-30T16:32:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-07-30T16:32:45+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/61005d9ec00b94bc50fbaf11b78aa55e\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-clear-search-history-on-youtube#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-clear-search-history-on-youtube\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-clear-search-history-on-youtube#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"How to Clear Search History on YouTube\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Zeru\",\"description\":\"Blog\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/61005d9ec00b94bc50fbaf11b78aa55e\",\"name\":\"Lizzie Yates\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/19-150x150.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/19-150x150.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Lizzie Yates\"},\"description\":\"A content marketing strategist with the Zeru team for a little over 5 years, Lizzie Yates specializes in everything digital media with a particular focus on social media and technology. Her passion? To follow how the social media sites like Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and TikTok are maturing over time, and what businesses can do to keep up. She shares her insights on our blog in a true outpouring of knowledge and expertise. Her knowledge about technology and social media is vast, and she is always willing to share her insights with businesses to help them stay up-to-date with the latest trends.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/author\/writer\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How to Clear Search History on YouTube - Zeru","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-clear-search-history-on-youtube","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"How to Clear Search History on YouTube","og_description":"How to Clear Search History on YouTube If you&#8217;re wondering how to clear search history on YouTube, this article will help you do it. First, you&#8217;ll need to sign in to your account. Then, you&#8217;ll need to confirm that you want to clear your search history. Once you&#8217;ve done that, you can choose to cancel [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-clear-search-history-on-youtube","og_site_name":"Zeru","article_published_time":"2022-07-30T16:32:44+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-07-30T16:32:45+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/How-to-Clear-Search-History-on-YouTube_42256.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Lizzie Yates","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Lizzie Yates","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-clear-search-history-on-youtube","url":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-clear-search-history-on-youtube","name":"How to Clear Search History on YouTube - Zeru","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2022-07-30T16:32:44+00:00","dateModified":"2022-07-30T16:32:45+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/61005d9ec00b94bc50fbaf11b78aa55e"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-clear-search-history-on-youtube#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-clear-search-history-on-youtube"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-clear-search-history-on-youtube#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"How to Clear Search History on YouTube"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/","name":"Zeru","description":"Blog","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/61005d9ec00b94bc50fbaf11b78aa55e","name":"Lizzie Yates","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/19-150x150.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/19-150x150.jpg","caption":"Lizzie Yates"},"description":"A content marketing strategist with the Zeru team for a little over 5 years, Lizzie Yates specializes in everything digital media with a particular focus on social media and technology. Her passion? To follow how the social media sites like Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and TikTok are maturing over time, and what businesses can do to keep up. She shares her insights on our blog in a true outpouring of knowledge and expertise. Her knowledge about technology and social media is vast, and she is always willing to share her insights with businesses to help them stay up-to-date with the latest trends.","url":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/author\/writer"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42256"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42256"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42261,"href":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42256\/revisions\/42261"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}