The Google app's “Recent” feature stores your recently visited web pages. This can help you to access these pages quickly. However, if you want to turn it off, you can. This wikiHow article will teach you how to disable the “Recent” feature on the Google app!
Steps
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Open the Google app on your device. Go to the home screen and tap the Google app with the official Google logo. You can also use the Google search bar to quickly open this app.
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Tap on the profile icon, at the top-right corner of the app. A menu panel will show up on your screen.Advertisement
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Tap on Settings . You will see this option between the "Your data in Search" and "Help and feedback" options.
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Tap on the "General" option. It will be the first option on the list.
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Move to the Recent pages option. Toggle off theblue switch, right across the “ Recent pages ”' text. The pages you visit will not be stored in the Google app after you do this. That's it!
- Google may still store your search history and other activities on their servers. If you want to disable that, read How to Turn Off Google Web & App Activity.
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Tips
- If you want to re-enable this feature, just toggle on the grey switch, right after the Enable recent option.Thanks
- You can also disable this feature by disabling the Google Web & App Activity settings.Thanks
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