{"id":7665,"date":"2022-07-13T04:50:30","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T04:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=7665"},"modified":"2022-07-13T04:50:30","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T04:50:30","slug":"how-to-delete-youtube-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-delete-youtube-history","title":{"rendered":"How to Delete YouTube History"},"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-6a4e774704953\" 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-6a4e774704953\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4e774704953\" ><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-delete-youtube-history\/#How_to_Delete_YouTube_History\" title=\"How to Delete YouTube History\">How to Delete YouTube History<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-delete-youtube-history\/#Clearing_your_YouTube_history\" title=\"Clearing your YouTube history\">Clearing your YouTube history<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-delete-youtube-history\/#Setting_it_to_auto-delete_after_a_certain_period_of_time\" title=\"Setting it to auto-delete after a certain period of time\">Setting it to auto-delete after a certain period of time<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-delete-youtube-history\/#Removing_videos_that_you_didnt_want_to_delete\" title=\"Removing videos that you didn&#8217;t want to delete\">Removing videos that you didn&#8217;t want to delete<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Delete_YouTube_History\"><\/span>How to Delete YouTube History<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"how to delete youtube history\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/T9JcsqT.png\"> <\/p>\n<p>So you want to know how to delete YouTube history? You can do it in many different ways. There are options for clearing all of your history, setting it to be deleted after a certain period of time, and removing videos that you no longer wish to keep. Hopefully, you&#8217;ll find the instructions in this article helpful. Read on to learn how to delete YouTube history! If you&#8217;re looking for a simple way to delete your search history, read on!<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Clearing_your_YouTube_history\"><\/span>Clearing your YouTube history<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>YouTube has made it very easy for its users to remove their history on the web. While this can be a pain, there are methods to remove your history on various platforms. For example, you can delete your search and watch history data from the web app. If you are using a mobile device, you can also remove your history from the mobile app. If you are using a desktop computer, clear your history by clicking on the &#8220;history&#8221; tab in the settings menu.<\/p>\n<p>Once you&#8217;ve cleared your history, you can reset recommendations and delete your temporary internet files. Fortunately, this process is easy and can be done from any browser or YouTube app. Go to the main menu at the top left corner of your YouTube page, which is the three lines icon next to the YouTube logo. From here, you can select the &#8220;history&#8221; directory and delete any video viewing history. You can also select which videos to delete and how often you watch them.<\/p>\n<p>You can also choose to delete all your YouTube history by pressing &#8220;Clear all watch history&#8221;. This option will allow you to delete the entire history without deleting anything for a certain period of time. However, there are two other options: clear a specific period of time or delete all history. By selecting the latter option, you will be able to adjust the way YouTube manages your history. Once you&#8217;ve opted to delete your YouTube history, you&#8217;ll need to choose a time period, which is usually one hour.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Setting_it_to_auto-delete_after_a_certain_period_of_time\"><\/span>Setting it to auto-delete after a certain period of time<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>You may have wondered what happens to your YouTube history after a certain period of time. Thankfully, YouTube allows you to choose when it keeps your history. Depending on your browser settings, you can choose to delete your history every three months, every six months, or after 18 or 36 months. However, this feature does not work on mobile devices. The most common reason is that people use their phones to access YouTube.<\/p>\n<p>To delete your YouTube history, you must go to the History page in your Google account. Once you&#8217;re there, look for the &#8220;Auto-delete history after&#8221; section. Here, you can set a specific time period, or choose the option to delete your history manually. Once you&#8217;ve chosen the timeframe, you can then confirm the setting by clicking the &#8220;Confirm&#8221; button.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of how you use YouTube, it&#8217;s important to remember that it stores your viewing history as part of your Google account. Third-party apps can access this information, which can lead to unwanted privacy concerns. Even though you can delete your history manually, some people prefer to leave their history for as long as possible. Therefore, if you want to keep your history for a longer period, you should make sure to choose the option that allows you to choose the period of time.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Removing_videos_that_you_didnt_want_to_delete\"><\/span>Removing videos that you didn&#8217;t want to delete<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In case you accidentally deleted a video, you can easily recover it by using a few simple steps. To begin, you need to sign in to YouTube. Then, go to the menu bar and select History. Here, you&#8217;ll find a complete list of your search history. Click the three dots next to the video you want to remove from your history. In addition, you can also click the delete icon next to the video&#8217;s name to remove it.<\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t want to delete your video from the YouTube history, you can unlist it. Unlisting the video is a good idea if you only want to keep it for internal use. However, you should keep in mind that this method can be messy and can take anywhere from six to 12 months. If you&#8217;re not sure what to do, you can also ask the YouTube team for help. Click the Add to Favorites, Share, or More button, then select Report. Once there, click the Report unit, then choose the reason for deletion. For example, if the video contains explicit material, you can choose the reason for deletion. You can delete the video based on a range of factors. For example, if you are concerned that it contains inappropriate content, it would fall under the &#8220;sex&#8221; category.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, if you don&#8217;t want to delete your videos from YouTube history, you should not leave them there. The videos may lose their historical performance and SEO authority. YouTube is a search engine second only to Google. Moreover, you&#8217;ll lose SEO authority and may encounter broken links. You can&#8217;t recover videos from YouTube. 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