delete google activity Created 7 years ago2017-10-03 05:06:40 UTC by 2muchvideogames

chrome combined with google activity is massively annoying. This issue mainly comes up on youtube. It just repeatedly recommends you the same video you watched yesterday and/or whatever is the most popular video related to that. Deleting cookies technically should work, but I think chrome stores this data somewhere else and prevents you from deleting them. I dont use a google plus account, so I cant 'login' and delete all that stuff either. Any solutions? I dont want to have to switch to firefox unless there really is no way to get rid of this junk.

If you're not signed in, then deleting cookies should suffice.

it doesnt. Like i just deleted cookies, got logged out of other sites like facebook and stuff, but if I go on youtube it gives me the same recommendations. I know that method works if i used firefox, but chrome must be doing something to still have that data without the cookies.

You need to be signed into a Google account (doesn't need Google+, any gmail account will do) and you can turn off the history from the account settings. It won't stop tracking you, but it will stop recommending you stuff based on what you've watched. You can "delete" watch/search history as well, but of course that doesn't mean much considering tracking you is how Google makes money.

I nearly always browse in incognito windows and save myself the hassle. I only use normal windows if I want my history or cookies to be saved. Nobody gets to track me.

You need to be signed into a Google account

Yeah i know its not limited to just google plus. It's still a pain to have to sign in to something every time i use the internet.

I nearly always browse in incognito windows

I tried incognito mode in chrome. It stops saving history, but it still saves the data. I think chrome simply doesnt answer to me, the user.