Manage your Google data with My Activity (2024)

Our privacy and security tools let you control and protect your data. Your activity from the following may be saved in your Google Account:

Your Google account saves data based on your Activity controls.

Saved Activity gives you a personalized experience including:

If you delete activity, it won’t be used to personalize your Google experience.

How My Activity works

Activity comes from your use of:

My Activity lets you use saved data to:

Some Google products store activity in places other than My Activity.
- If Location History is turned on, your precise location is regularly saved to your Maps Timeline.
  - At any time, you can delete Location History from your Timeline.
- Your browser may save browsing history and other data.
  - In Chrome, you can delete:
    - Browsing history
    - Other browsing data
  - You can browse in private to stop Chrome from saving:
    - Browsing history
    - Cookies
    - Site data
    - Infothat you enter in forms
You can find activity that may be saved elsewhere at other Google activity.
My Activity doesn’t store content or files like:
- Documents
- Emails
- Photos
You can manage content or files directly in products like:
- Drive
- Gmail
- Photos

Google Account comes with built-in security designed to detect and block threats like:
- Spam
- Malware
- Viruses
- Hackers
Google stores activity securely with industry-leading encryption.
You can require an extra verification step to view your full history on My Activity.
If you have more than one Google Account, each account keeps its activity separate.
We never sell your personal information.

At any time, you can delete:

For limited purposes, like business or legal requirements, Google may keep certain data for a period of time.

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