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We hope you like our article about how to remove search/browsing history from iOS. Looking at someone’s search history can reveal a lot about them, including their family status, purchase intentions, and medical history. So clearing your iPhone’s search history can help protect your privacy. A great place to start is with your browser’s search history. However, you can search in more than just your browser. You should consider erasing all the data Siri and other iPhone apps have collected as well.
Clearing your search and browsing history is crucial as it makes the app faster overall and makes accessing the web safer by preventing you from filling out forms and using outdated information. Additionally, it adds a degree of protection because it prevents anyone with access to your mobile device to see your search results. We have mentioned below the steps to delete search/browsing history from iPhone.
Steps to Delete iOS Search/Browsing History
Delete Google Search History
Step 1: Open Google Search and tap your profile image/icon at the top right corner.
Step 2: Touch search history.
Step 3: Using the Delete suspended button or your search timeline, select the history you want to remove. This can be all of these, a narrow time frame, or just specific searches.
Step 4: If you want the history to be automatically deleted, go to Search History > Controls then switch automatic deletion. You can choose how often cleanups occur.
Delete Safari browser history
Step 1: open the Safari app
Step 2: Select the book icon in the lower right corner
Step 3: Select the clock icon at the top right corner
Step 4: Select how much of your history you want delete.
Delete Chrome Browsing History
Step 1: open the Chrome app.
Step 2: open the Menu.
Step 3: Select “Definitions.”
Step 4: Select “Privacy.”
Step 5: Select “Clean navigation data.”
Step 6: Select the arrow next to “Period” and choose the time period you want to delete.
Step 7: Mark “Browsing history,” “Cookies, website data,” “autocomplete data,” “Cached images and files” and “saved passwords” touching each one.
Step 8: Select “Clean navigation data” at the bottom of the screen.
Delete Siri Search History
Step 1: Open Definitions
Step 2: Select “Siri and Search”
Step 3: Select “Siri and Dictation History”
Step 4: Turn off “Suggestions while searching”, “Tips on the lock screen” and “Suggestions for Home Screen”
Step 5: Select “Delete Siri and Dictation History”
Final Words
We hope you like our article about how to delete iPhone search and browsing history. Your business is the reason why you want to delete your iPhone search history. However, browsers do keep a running log of every website you visit. Please be aware that other applications on your phone could also be tracking you. It may also be advisable to delete your Siri data if you frequently use Siri to conduct web searches.