How to Clear Your YouTube Search History From YouTube.com
When you search for something on YouTube while signed in to your account, the search term is stored in your account search history. If you don’t want that information stored, you can clear your YouTube history at any time. Follow these instructions to clear your YouTube search history on a web browser.
How to Clear Your YouTube Search History Using the YouTube App
Follow these instructions to clear your YouTube search history using the YouTube app for iOS or Android.
How to Pause Your YouTube Search History
Clearing your search history all the time can be inconvenient. A better option is to pause it so that YouTube temporarily stops tracking it. It remains on pause until you turn it back on again. On YouTube.com, pausing your search history can be done by selecting the History tab and then selecting Pause Search History. On the YouTube iOS app, tap your account profile and then tap Settings > Pause search history. On the YouTube Android app, select the menu icon represented by three vertical dots, tap Settings > History & privacy and turn on Pause search history.
Why People Clear Their YouTube Search History
Your YouTube searches can’t be seen or accessed by other YouTube users or people who visit your channel. However, your search history influences how YouTube chooses to show content. YouTube displays a selection of recommended videos on the home page of your account based on your search history. When your YouTube search history is cleared, these recommended videos no longer reflect what you’ve previously searched. Your search history also prompts YouTube to automatically suggest past searches in the drop-down menu that appears when you start typing in the search box. These past search suggestions no longer appear after you clear your search history.
