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@zeroeth
Last active November 24, 2015 21:03
privacy settings

An attempt to show all the many confusing pages google has for various account activities. Feel free to fork and add more.

Disabling History Tracking

https://www.google.com/settings/accounthistory To the right of each setting is a blue circle or grey circle. (Its supposed to represent a toggle switch) Make them ALL GREY. Each time a window will pop up, hit the 'Pause' on the bottom.

Removing Tracking Data

Google Search History

https://history.google.com/history Click the 3 dots, select "Delete Options", click "Advanced", click "Select Date", choose "All Time"

LOCATION HISTORY

https://www.google.com/maps/timeline Click the Gear, select "Delete all location history"

Youtube Search History

https://history.google.com/history/youtube/search Click the 3 dots, select "Delete Options", click "Advanced", click "Select Date", choose "All Time"

Youtube Viewing History

https://history.google.com/history/youtube/watch Click the 3 dots, select "Delete Options", click "Advanced", click "Select Date", choose "All Time"

Voice Search History

https://history.google.com/history/audio Click the 3 dots, select "Delete Options", click "Advanced", click "Select Date", choose "All Time"

Device Data

https://history.google.com/history/device Click the 3 dots, select "Delete Options", click "Advanced", click "Select Date", choose "All Time"

Mobile/Chrome Bookmarks You probably didnt know about

https://www.google.com/bookmarks Your map pins are also saved here.

ADVERTISING

Advertising Demographic Information

https://plus.google.com Click on profile, click on 'about'. Find 'Basic Informationn'. Click Edit. Select 'Decline to State' under gender. Select Jan 7, 1900 as birthday.

Logged in Ads

https://www.google.com/settings/u/0/ads/authenticated Click the Green circle next to "Ads based on your interest" to Gray

Ads Everywhere else

https://www.google.com/settings/u/0/ads/anonymous Click the word OFF next to the Green or Yellow circle next to "Ads based on your interest beyond google"

Google+

Account/Drive Photos

https://plus.google.com/settings Turn off anything gross sounding. Turn on 'Dont feature my publicly shared photos as backgrounds on google products' ??

Activity History

https://plus.google.com/apps/activities Delete whatever you need to

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