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
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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).
Method 1
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On Mobile

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    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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    It is usually near the top of your profile.
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    This will pull up a menu of history options.
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    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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    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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    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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    This tab is on the left side of the YouTube home page under the You section.
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    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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    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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    Once I have cleared my history, will it still be on my device?
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    Clear your history using the browser, as well, and you should be good.
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    How do I delete my liked YouTube videos from a Samsung s4 phone?
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    You go to the video you want to remove, then press the "like" button again. That will "unlike" the video.
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    What if you do not have a YouTube account?
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    Clear your browser history, or delete individual data within your browser's settings.
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      1. Open YouTube .
      2. Tap your profile icon .
      3. Tap Settings .
      4. Scroll to or tap History & privacy .
      5. Tap Clear watch history , then confirm.
      6. Tap Clear search history , then confirm.

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