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Does browser history take up space on my computer?

Luigi Oppido
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Browser history does take up some temporary file space. Back in the day, we used to really want to erase that, because we didn't have a lot of space on our computers. Our hard drive space was gold, but now we have terabytes of garage space that we can use. So deleting your browser history is more of a personal preference.

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I did all that but my history stll shows. What do I do?

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You could try going through all the steps again, and make sure you aren't just selecting the " Paused " option, as this stops any activity in the future from being recorded, but doesn't delete any previous activity.

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I switched activity to pause' but Chrome is still keeping my search history and I have to manually delete it.

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If you have the paused setting on, it will keep any activity in the future from being recorded, but it won't delete any previous activity. It can also take up to a few hours for all of your activity to be deleted.

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I tried but this computer I use is on a Windows 10 updated to 2020. Is there any way I can do it that way?

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Check to see if your Google account is synced to Chrome. You might need to turn off sync or change the setting in your Google account.

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When I clicked my icon it did not show that?

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Make sure you have the most recent version of Chrome. If you do, then check the update list to see if that feature is still enabled. If you are still having problems, then check the Chrome flags page to see if it is now an experimental feature instead of a normal feature.

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