如果您深入了解Google 生态系统(Google ecosystem),那么您可能已经知道该公司有很多关于您的信息。幸运的是,他们将很多内容保存在一个地方供您下载(for you to download)甚至删除。
删除您的Google 帐户(Google account)数据不会删除您的Google 帐户(Google account);您不会丢失您的Gmail邮件、YouTube 频道(YouTube channel)、Google Drive文件等。从Google中删除您的数据真正(really)意味着您正在清除Google保留在您身上的记录,例如您搜索的内容在网络上、您在设备上打开的应用程序、您在YouTube 上(YouTube)观看的视频等。
有两种方法可以删除大多数类型的Google数据——手动和自动。您可以一次删除整块信息,也可以准确选择要删除的内容,同时保留其余信息。例如,您可以删除昨天的网络历史记录、今天的Google 助理(Google Assistant)记录、去年的整个YouTube搜索量等。
如何删除您的Google 帐户数据(Google Account Data)
您可以删除几类信息,如下所示。跳到(Skip)与您要从帐户中删除的信息相关的部分。
但是,首先遵循这两个步骤,这就是您如何进入正确的页面来选择要删除的内容。
- 从顶部的进行隐私检查(Take the Privacy Checkup)区域选择开始。(Get started)
从 Google 清除网络和应用活动(Erase Web & App Activity From Google)
网络搜索(Web search)活动可能是大多数人想要删除其Google 数据(Google data)的最大原因。
当您按照这些步骤操作时,您可以删除您的搜索条目以及Google保留的大量数据,例如您正在打开的网站、您从Android 设备(Android device)清除的通知、您拥有的应用程序您在Google Docs中打开的文档、您在Google Play Store中访问过的应用程序等等。
- 选择管理网络和应用程序活动(MANAGE WEB & APP ACTIVITY)。
- 选择删除活动(Delete activity by)。
- 选择包含您要删除的信息的日期,或从菜单中选择所有时间。(All time)
- 从列表中选择一个产品或选择所有产品(All products)以删除与所有产品相关的Google 数据(Google data)。您的选项包括从广告和图书数据到Chrome、Drive、Gmail、Google 新闻(Google News)、图片搜索(Image Search)、Google Play 商店(Google Play Store)、搜索(Search)、视频搜索(Video Search)等的所有内容。
提示(Tip):您可以从您的 Google 帐户设置中停止 Google 上的个性化广告和搜索结果。(stop personalized ads and search results on Google)
要自动清除您的网络和应用活动(web and app activity)
,请按以下步骤操作:
- 再次访问MANAGE WEB & APP ACTIVITY页面,但这次选择选择保留多长时间(Choose how long to keep)。
- 选择保留 18 个月(Keep for 18 months)或保留 3 个月(Keep for 3 months),然后选择下一步(Next)。
- 选择将来删除(Delete in the future)以等到记录 18 或 3 个月大时将其删除,或选择立即删除以立即(Delete now)删除活动,然后稍后自动删除它们。
清除您的 Google 位置记录
登录您的Google 帐户(Google account)后,您的移动设备去过的所有地方的地图都会记录并存储在您的Google 帐户(Google account)中。这样做的好处包括在使用Google 地图时进行更好的搜索,并且能够通过 Google 的(Google Maps)时间线服务(Timeline service)查看您去过的地方。
提示:(Tip:)了解如何查看Google 地图位置(Google Maps location)记录。
以下是删除此 Google 帐户数据的方法:
- 选择管理位置历史(MANAGE LOCATION HISTORY)。
- 在您的时间轴页面(Timeline page)中,选择底部的齿轮/设置按钮。
- 选择删除所有位置记录(Delete all Location History)。
- 使用复选框(check box)进行确认,然后单击删除位置历史记录(DELETE LOCATION HISTORY)。
要从现在开始自动删除来自Google的位置数据,请完成上述第 1 步和第 2 步,然后按照以下说明操作:
- 选择自动删除位置记录(Automatically delete Location History)。
- 选择保留 18 个月(Keep for 18 months)或保留 3 个月(Keep for 3 months),然后选择下一步(Next)。
从 Google 中删除语音和音频活动
Google甚至会存储您的“OK Google ”记录。这样做是为了了解如何更好地理解您的声音,但如果您不希望这些数据在您的Google 帐户(Google account)中挥之不去,您可以删除这些数据。
- 选择管理语音和音频活动(MANAGE VOICE & AUDIO ACTIVITY)。
- 单击(Click)任何日期旁边的垃圾桶图标,或从列表中找到特定条目并使用其菜单(堆叠的虚线菜单)中的“删除(Delete)”选项。
清除您的 YouTube 搜索记录
Google跟踪您活动的另一种方式是通过您的YouTube搜索。您只需单击几下即可删除YouTube搜索中保存的记录:(YouTube)
提示:您可以在(Tip)YouTube 上(YouTube)做很多事情。请参阅此提示、技巧和快捷方式的最终列表。
- 选择管理 YouTube 搜索历史(MANAGE YOUTUBE SEARCH HISTORY)。
- 使用任何记录或日期(record or day)旁边的删除按钮从您的Google 帐户(Google account)中删除信息。
清除您的 YouTube 观看记录
如果您不希望Google记住您在YouTube 上(YouTube)观看的内容,也可以轻松删除该信息。
提示(Tip):您以后可以通过私下观看YouTube 视频(YouTube videos)来避免这些步骤。
- 使用MANAGE YOUTUBE WATCH HISTORY链接打开一个新页面。
- 删除(Delete)您想要的任何特定条目,或使用垃圾桶按钮删除一整天的YouTube 观看历史记录。(watch history)
- 通过选择Delete确认您希望删除Google数据。
How To Delete Your Google Account Data
If you’re deep іnto the Google ecosystеm, then yoυ probably alreadу know that the company has quite a bit of information on you. Fortunately, they keep lots of it in one plаce for you to download and even delete.
Deleting your Google account data doesn’t remove your Google account; you won’t lose your Gmail messages, YouTube channel, Google Drive files etc. What it really means to erase your data from Google is that you’re clearing away the records that Google is keeping on you, such as the stuff you search for on the web, the apps you open on your device, the videos you’ve been watching on YouTube, etc.
There are two ways to expunge most kinds of Google data – manually and automatically. You can delete whole chunks of information at once or you can choose exactly what you want to remove while keeping the rest. For example, you can erase yesterday’s web history, just today’s Google Assistant records, the whole last year’s worth of YouTube searches, etc.
How To Delete Your Google Account Data
There are several categories of
information that you can delete, as you can see below. Skip down to
the section that pertains to the information you want deleted from
your account.
However, first follow these two steps, which is how you get to the right page to choose what to delete.
- Choose Get started from the Take the Privacy Checkup area at the top.
Erase Web & App Activity From Google
Web search activity is probably the biggest reason most people want to delete their Google data.
When you follow these steps, you can erase your search entries as well as a huge amount of data Google keeps on you, such as the sites you’re opening, the notifications you’re clearing from your Android device, the apps you’ve been using, documents you’ve opened in Google Docs, apps you’ve visited in Google Play Store, and lots more.
- Select MANAGE WEB & APP ACTIVITY.
- Select Delete activity by.
- Choose the date that has the information you want to remove, or select All time from the menu.
- Pick a product from the list or choose All products to delete your Google data that pertains to all products. Your options include everything from ads and books data to Chrome, Drive, Gmail, Google News, Image Search, Google Play Store, Search, Video Search, etc.
Tip: You can stop personalized ads and search results on Google from your Google account settings.
- Confirm with the Delete button.
To erase your web and app activity
automatically, follow these steps:
- Visit the MANAGE WEB & APP ACTIVITY page again, but this time select Choose how long to keep.
- Pick Keep for 18 months or Keep for 3 months, and then choose Next.
- Select Delete in the future to wait until the records are 18 or 3 months old to remove them, or pick Delete now to erase the activity right now and then have them also auto-deleted later.
- Choose Confirm to save the changes.
Erase Your Google Location History
A map of all the places your mobile device has gone, while signed in to your Google account, is logged and stored in your Google account. The benefits to this include better searches while using Google Maps and the ability to see where you’ve been through Google’s Timeline service.
Tip: Learn how
to view Google Maps location history.
Here’s how to delete this Google
account data:
- Select MANAGE LOCATION HISTORY.
- From your Timeline page, select the gear/settings button at the bottom.
- Choose Delete all Location History.
- Confirm with the check box, and then click DELETE LOCATION HISTORY.
To have your location data from Google
be deleted automatically from now on, complete steps 1 and 2 above
and then follow these directions:
- Select Automatically delete Location History.
- Choose either Keep for 18 months or Keep for 3 months, and then Next.
- Confirm by checking the box and then hitting Confirm.
Erase Voice & Audio Activity From
Google
Google stores even your ‘OK Google’ records. It does this to learn how to better understand your voice, but you can delete this data if you don’t want it lingering in your Google account.
- Select MANAGE VOICE & AUDIO ACTIVITY.
- Click the trash can icon next to any date, or locate a specific entry from the list and use the Delete option from its menu (the stacked dotted menu).
Erase Your YouTube Search History
Another way Google keeps track of your
activity is through your YouTube searches. You can delete the records
kept from YouTube searches in just a few clicks:
Tip: There’s a lot you can do on YouTube. See this ultimate list of tips, hacks, and shortcuts.
- Select MANAGE YOUTUBE SEARCH HISTORY.
- Use the delete button next to any record or day to delete the information from your Google account.
- Select Delete again to confirm.
Erase Your YouTube Watch History
If you don’t want Google to remember
what you watched on YouTube, it’s easy to delete that information,
too.
Tip: You can avoid these steps in the future by watching YouTube videos privately.
- Use the MANAGE YOUTUBE WATCH HISTORY link to open a new page.
- Delete any specific entry you want, or erase a whole day’s worth of YouTube watch history with the trash can button.
- Confirm that you want the Google data removed by selecting Delete.