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How to See Everything Google Knows About You?

The fact that Google knows a lot of information about users is no longer a secret. Follow the main steps and troubleshooting guidance.

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Understanding Google requires more than a headline. The overview below breaks down the key facts, changes, and user impact.

So how to see everything that Google technology giant knows about you and how to stop Google from stopping some of your activities, please refer to the following article of Network Administrator.

1. See All of Your Web Site Data

Whenever you search for something on the Chrome browser on your computer or on your Smartphone, or use other Google applications like Google Maps or Google Now, Google will track all your activities.

By default, web and app activities, including search schedules and Maps activities, are activated on iPhone and Android devices, because they are linked to a Google account.

You can view all information using the My Activity tool.

How to See Everything Google Knows About You? – 1. See All of Your Web Site Data

2. Prevent Google from Tracking Certain Activities on Your Web Site

To prevent Google from tracking certain activities on your Web site, first access My Account, then in Personal info & privacy, select Manager your Google Activity.

How to See Everything Google Knows About You? – 2. Prevent Google from Tracking Certain Activities on Your Web (2)

On the Manage your Google Activity page, select Activity controls.

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Here you will see all the data that Google is tracking. To disable the Web and App activity, simply click the slider icon to the right to finish.

How to See Everything Google Knows About You? – 2. Prevent Google from Tracking Certain Activities on Your Web (4)

If you want to delete activities on the web, follow the steps below:

First select Manage Activity to return to the My Activity page.

Next, click on the 3 dots in the top right corner, select Delete activity by (delete the following activity) and select All time from the Dropdown Menu.

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In addition, you can also choose to delete data for a specific period of time by choosing the time from the Dropdown Menu.

3. Check If You Are Sharing Your Location

If you install Google OK and use it on a smartphone, then Google OK will track your location.

You can check whether you are sharing the location under the Activity controls section and see if the location is stored by clicking Manage Activity.

Just like browsing the Web, you can turn off location tracking by swiping the slider icon to the right.

How to See Everything Google Knows About You? – 3. Check If You Are Sharing Your Location (6)

To delete any location history, select Manage Activity, then click the icon like the trash in the bottom right corner.

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4. Listen and Clean up Everything You Have Told Google

To listen and clean up everything you've told Google, you can refer to the steps here.

5. Review the Activities on YouTube

Google has a tab to save what you search on YouTube and videos you have watched. Like other settings, the YouTube activity item is managed under the Activity Controls section.

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You can view searches by date and time or videos you have viewed, as well as the devices you use to watch videos.

You can also edit the search or list of videos you have viewed, or delete everything by taking steps such as deleting web data and app activity.

Refer to Some of the Following Articles:

  • How to detect someone accessing your Google account
  • Instructions to prevent Google from tracking you through Google Maps
  • 3 ways to prevent websites from tracking your location on Google Chrome

Good luck!

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So how to see everything that Google technology giant knows about you and how to stop Google from stopping some of your activities, please refer to the following article of Network Administrator.

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