At the Google I/O 2021 event back in May, the search giant made a number of announcements and one of the features was deleting search history for a shorter period. Now, Google will let users delete just the last minutes of their search history by tapping a button in the Google app. The feature is currently limited to Google’s iOS app. So, here’s how you can delete the last 15 minutes of your Google search history.
Delete Last 15 Minutes of Google Search History
To recall, Google already lets you delete search history ranging from 24 hours to all time. Apart from that, Google also lets you auto-delete your search history after 3, 18, or 36 months options.
But now, if you want, you can delete just the last 15 minutes, in case someone asks for your phone and you don’t want him or her to know what you were searching for. Here’s how you can enable this feature on your iPhone:
1. Open the updated Google app on your iPhone.
2. Now, tap on your profile picture icon at the top.
3. On the pop-up menu, you will now see a new option “Delete last 15 min” under Search history, tap on it.
That’s it, your last 15 minutes of activity on the Google app will be deleted in just a tap.
This is how you can delete the last 15 minutes of Google search history on your phone. As mentioned above, this feature is currently available only on iOS and we don’t know when Google will roll out for Android. But it will also come on Android very soon.
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