How to clear YouTube history

How to clear YouTube history

Here may be a step by step account on how you'll clear your YouTube watch history and YouTube search history.

youTube may be a video sharing platform that gives something to everyone. From movie and music videos to videos talking about various conspiracy theories to try to to it yourself videos to videos that demonstrate various science experiments - there's no dearth of videos on the platform. Nerdy stuff aside, YouTube is all filled with videos that we do not always want to speak about.

Let's be honest, while we are guilty of watching offbeat videos, we also are guilty of not being careful enough while trying to find them on the video-sharing platform. Simply said, we all have a YouTube history that we aren't so pleased with. And while there are ways we make sure that our YouTube history remains pristine as ever - ever heard of the Incognito mode? - slip-ups happen.

But the important question is - does it even matter if we have a rather odd YouTube browsing history? It does, especially if you share your computer with people also. For starters, they're going to see the videos that you simply watched. Also, YouTube will recommend them videos - good, bad, nerdy - supported your watching habits. Now, a number of these videos might enlighten others by imparting them knowledge about various things, others might.

The best thanks to making sure that your secret stash of videos doesn't stumble into the search window of people is by clearing your YouTube watch history and search. Here is how you'll do that:

Steps to clear YouTube history when using the YouTube app:

STEPS:

1. Tap on your profile image
2. Then tap on Settings options.
3. Scroll right down to the History and Privacy section.
4. Tap on the Clear Watch History option.
5. Now tap on the Clear Search History option.

Steps to clear YouTube history when using YouTube on web

STEPS:

1. Open YouTube.com and tap on the History option on the left side of the window.
2. On the proper side select Watch History.
3. Click on the Clear All Watch History option.
4. Now select the Search History option within the right side.