GOOGLE Chrome is releasing a new tool that could send you back down a rabbit hole of your old search history.
The new feature is called Google Journeys and it will catergorize your search history so it’s easy to browse what you’ve been looking for.
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Journeys will catergorize your search history by subject matter.
You’ll just need to type a keyword into the new Journeys search bar on your Chrome account.
All your searches that are related to this keyword should pop up.
There’s also a “Resume your research” button that will let you access the exact links you’ve previously clicked on.
It’s useful if you want to access a site you looked at a few weeks ago but can’t remember the specific address.
It’s not so useful if you share a computer with someone and are worried about them seeing your specific searches.
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The feature isn’t linked to your Google Account and will just show you sites you’ve visited on that specific device.
The Journeys page will display the sites you’ve spent the most time on.
It will also provide suggestions for sites you might like based on what you’ve been searching.
You’ll be able to delete specific sites from Journeys and if you erase your search history often enough then most sites won’t show up.
It also won’t show sites you’ve looked at on a private browser.
If you’re concerned you can turn off the feature altogether.
Journey’s is available now on the desktop version of Chrome in English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, and Turkish.
You might need to update Chrome to see the Journeys feature.
Google will promote Journeys when you type in a keyword you search for often or you can visit the Chrome History Journey page.
Go to your Settings and click “Search history” and it should pop up.
Yana Yushkina, a product manager on the Chrome team, said in a statement: “Journeys will even take into account how much you’ve interacted with a site to put the most relevant information front and center, while also bringing you helpful suggestions on related searches you may want to try next.”
How to delete Google Chrome search history
First, sign in to your Google Account and click “Data & Privacy” from the menu.
To see your logged activity on the search engine, scroll to “History Settings” and select “Web & App Activity.”
Here, you can turn it completely off or choose to stop Google from tracking your Chrome browser history and Google account activity by unchecking the first box.
In order to prevent audio recordings from Google Assistant, uncheck the second box.
In order to automatically delete your collected data either never, every three months, or every 18 months, select “Auto-delete” and choose the time frame you’d like – Google will automatically delete any current data older than the time frame you pick once you confirm your choice.
Next, select “Manage Activity,” which displays all of Google’s information on you arranged by date.
Here, you can delete specific days, see more specific details, delete individual items, or delete part or all of your history manually.
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