How to Delete Yahoo History

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Yahoo! is a popular site for basically anything: email, news, articles, etc. Like many search engines, Yahoo! will save your searches so that you can return to recent history easily. However, you may want to remove some of this information from time to time. You can clear your search history from either the desktop or mobile version of the Yahoo! site.

Deleting Your Yahoo Search History

  • To view your Yahoo search history, go to search.yahoo.com/history and log in.
  • To clear your entire history, click or tap Clear History and confirm.
  • To remove individual searches from your Yahoo history, click or tap the trash icon next to the search.
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    search.yahoo.com/history . You can also perform a Yahoo! search, hover over the Gear icon in the upper-right corner, and select "Search History". [1]
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    account. This isn't strictly necessary; if you're not logged in you'll see all the searches you made while not logged into your account. To see the searches associated with your Yahoo! account, click the "Sign In" button in the upper-right corner.
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    Each of the searches you have performed will have this button to the right of the entry.
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    You will be asked to confirm that you want to delete your entire history.
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    Yahoo! will no longer store your search history.
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    Yahoo! stores search history separately for each account. It will also store history for your current browsing session if you aren't logged in. Make sure to check everything if you're trying to completely erase your tracks.
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    yahoo.com with the Yahoo! account that you want to delete history for. This isn't strictly necessary; if you're not logged in you'll see all the searches you made while not logged into your account.
    • To see the searches associated with your Yahoo! account, tap the Menu button (☰) in the upper right corner and then sign in with your Yahoo! account.
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    yahoo.com . You'll need to be on the search results page in order to access your search history.
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    This will be below the bottom search bar.
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    This is in the "Keep search history" section.
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    Each of the searches you have performed will have this button to the right of the entry.
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    You will be asked to confirm that you want to delete your entire history.
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    Yahoo! will no longer store your search history.
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    Yahoo! stores search history separately for each account. It will also store history for your current browsing session if you aren't logged in. Make sure to check everything if you're trying to completely erase your tracks.
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      1. ↑ https://help.yahoo.com/kb/search/view-manage-yahoo-search-history-sln22645.html?impressions=true

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      1. Go to https://search.yahoo.com/history .
      2. Sign in.
      3. Click the trash icon next to an address.
      4. Click Clear History to clear all entries.
      5. Click Turn History Off to stop saving your history.

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