YouTube: delete search history - how it works

If you want to delete your YouTube search history, you can do it easily in just a few steps. In this practical tip, you can read how to use the browser and the app.

Clear YouTube search history on Android and iOS

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Clear YouTube search history: Under "Settings", select "History & privacy".

Select "Clear search history" and then acknowledge this.

The process to clear your YouTube search history in the app is the same regardless of the operating system.

1. Press your profile picture in the top right.
2. In the following window, select "Settings" and then "History & data protection".
3. Now click on the "Clear Search History" option.
4. Finally, you have to confirm this by clicking on "Clear search history".

This is how deleting works in the browser

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Click on the three lines at the top left and then on "History"

Check the box to the right of "Search History".

Various options now appear below, click "Clear All Search History".

Finally only on "Clear search history".

Even if you use YouTube in the internet browser, you can easily delete your search history.

1. First click on the three dots at the top left and then select "History".
2. On the right side, you now tick the box next to "Search history".
3. Additional options now appear there.
4. Select "Clear All Search History."
5. To confirm this, click on "Clear search history".