YouTube is undoubtedly one of the most visited platforms today. Whether on the web or a phone, millions, not billions, of users visit YouTube daily to spend minutes or even hours watching content. This means weโre not just being entertained but also providing it with a lot of data on our interests.
This means YouTube, or its parent company, Google, extracts this data to help themselves in displaying relevant ads to you. This chain is effective, as advertisers know more about you, so you get relevant ads, and Google gets its share for connecting you both. But youโd be astonished to see all the data being collected from you.
Your YouTube search history plays a key role in understanding you. And if youโre paranoid like me about your online privacy, realize you can turn this recording off. Yes, YouTube lets users stop (tracking) saving their search history if they want to. Hereโs how;
Also Read- Best Online Youtube Video Downloader
Steps to Pause YouTube From Saving Your Search History
Note: The below method works for both YouTube web and apps on Android/iOS.
- Go to your YouTube Profile by clicking on your profile icon.
- Click on Your data in YouTube, which will take you to your YouTube Dashboard.
- Find the YouTube Watch History section, and click on On mark.
- This will open the Activity Controls page with the toggle of YouTube History turned on.
- Clicking on the toggle will pop up a window warning you about the effects of pausing the search history.
- Read and proceed by clicking on Pause.
This will pause the recording of your search history and video watch history. Turning this off will also cut off the data going to advertisers. Thus, you may be served ads that are irrelevant and useless.
Thus, make sure youโre doing the right thing. You can also try alternatives likeย auto-deletingย orย deleting a specific activity.