The Complete Guide to Deleting YouTube History on Mobile and Desktop

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Fast and easy tips to delete all your YouTube activity

Written by Hannah Dillon

Last Updated: February 12, 2024 Fact Checked

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This wikiHow teaches you how to clear both your watch history and your search history from YouTube. You can do this both in the mobile app on your Android, iPhone, or iPad, and at YouTube.com on your computer.

Quick Steps

1. Open YouTube on your phone or computer.
2. Go to your profile and click History.
3. Click Clear all watch history to delete your YouTube history (including searches).

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Method 1

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On Mobile

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   Tap your profile icon in the YouTube mobile app. It may be in the top-right corner of the screen, or at the bottom. If you don't have a profile picture, this icon will resemble a person's head and shoulders, or the first letter of your name on a colored background.
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   Tap History on your page. It is usually near the top of your profile.
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   Tap the three-dot icon in the upper-right corner. This will pull up a menu of history options.
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   Tap Clear all watch history. You can also select Manage all history and then Delete to delete just the history of the videos you watched that day, or select a range of dates to delete your history from.
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   Tap Clear watch history to confirm the deletion. If you have a lot of videos in your YouTube history, it may take some time to delete.

   • This will clear out the videos from your watch history, as well as clear your search history.
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Method 2

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On Desktop

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   Open YouTube. Go to https://www.youtube.com/ in your preferred browser. This will open your YouTube home page if you're logged in.

   • If you aren't logged into YouTube, click Sign in in the top-right corner of the screen and enter your email address (or phone number) and password.
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   Click History. This tab is on the left side of the YouTube home page under the You section.
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   Click on Clear all watch history. You can also select Manage all history and then Delete to delete just the history of the videos you watched that day, or select a range of dates to delete your history from.
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   Tap Clear watch history to confirm the deletion. If you have a lot of videos in your YouTube history, it may take some time to delete.

   • This will clear out the videos from your watch history, as well as clear your search history.
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  After I clear my YouTube history, will it still be stored on my device?

  

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  Clearing your YouTube history primarily affects your YouTube account. To fully remove viewing records from your device, you should also clear your web browser's history.

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  How do I remove a video from my liked YouTube videos list?

  

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  To remove a video from your liked YouTube videos, navigate to that video and press the 'Like' button again. This action will unlike the video.

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  How do I clear my viewing history if I don't have a YouTube account?

  

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  You can clear your browser's history or delete specific YouTube-related data within your browser's settings.

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• While you're at it, you might also want to clear your browser's history.
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• If you use the YouTube Gaming app, learn how to clear your watch history on YouTube Gaming.
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• Once you delete your YouTube history, you won't be able to recover it.
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