How to Delete Browsing History on Android?

Part 1: How to clear Chrome Browsing History on Android?

In this part, we will show you how to delete history on Android when using Google Chrome. Let’s have a look at the step by step guide for the process.  It is a very simple process. Just follow the simple steps given below

• Step 1 – open Google Chrome and go to settings menu. You can find it at the top right side with three dots.

Now, the settings menu will appear in front of you.

• Step 2 – after that, click on “history” option to view your browsing history.

• Step 3 – Now you can see all your browsing history in one place. Check at the bottom of the page and you can find “Clear Browsing Data”. Tap on this option.

• Step 4 – Upon clicking on the option, you can see a new window as following

• Step 5 - From drop down menu at top, you can select the duration of which you want to clear history. The available options are past hour, past day, past week, last 4 weeks or beginning of time. If you want to delete the data from the beginning of time, select that option and click on “Clear Data”.

Now, your data will be deleted in a while. This is the easiest process to delete all the browsing data from Google Chrome history on Android.

Part 2: How to clear Firefox browsing history on Android?

Firefox is one of the most popular browsers for Android. There are several users who use Firefox as their daily use. In this part, we’ll discuss how to clear history on Android using Firefox.

Step 1 - Open Firefox. Then click on the three dots at the top right corner of the app.

Step 2 - Now click on “settings”.  You can find the below screen.

Step 3 - Scroll down at the bottom to find “Clear Browsing Data” option. Tap on it.

Step 4 – Now choose what you like to clear. By defaults all the options (open tabs, browsing history, search history, downloads, form history, cookies and active logins, cache, offline web site data, site settings, sync tabs, saved logins).

Step 5 – Now click on Clear data and your all the history will be deleted in a while. Also, you’ll be confirmed with a message like below.

In this browser, users can’t delete history by time line. Only available option is to delete all the history all at once.

Part 3: How to How to Clear Search Results in Bulk?

The users can also delete all the search results and all the activities in bulk as per their wish. For this, they just have to follow the below steps.

Step 1 - First of all, go to the Google “My Activity” page and log in with your Google id and Password

Step 2 – Now, tap on the three dot at the top right corner to reveal the options.

Step 3 - After that, Select “Delete Activity By”.

Step 4 – Now, you have option to select the time frame from Today, yesterday, Last 7 days, Last 30 days or alll time. Select “All time” and tap on “delete” option.

After this, you will be asked to confirm this step again. While you confirm, all your activities will be deleted within a moment.

This is the easiest process to wipe all history from Android Google account in one click. Now, we will discuss how to delete all the data including browsing history from the device permanently without any trace of any data.

Part 4: How to Permanently Clear History on Android?

Simply deleting the data or using factory reset doesn’t help to permanently wipe Android. The data be easily recovered with the help of the restoration process and it has been proved by Avast. Dr.Fone - Data Eraser ensures that your privacy is safely protected by permanently clearing deleted files, clearing browsing history, caches and protecting all your private information.

Follow the simple steps given below to permanently delete history on Android using Android Data Eraser

Step 1 Install Android Data Eraser on a Computer

First of all, install the Android Data Eraser on your PC and open it. When the following window appear, click on “Data Eraser”

Step 2 Connect Android Device to PC and Turn on USB Debugging

In this step, connect your Android device with PC via a data cable. Make sure to confirm the USB debugging if prompted. Your device will be recognised by the Toolkit automatically.

Step 3 Select Erasing Option –

Now, as the device is connected, you can see ‘Erase all Data” option. This toolkit will ask for your confirmation by entering ‘delete” word on the given box. After confirmation, click on ‘Erase now” to start the process.

Step 4 Begin to Erase Your Android Device Now

Now, erasing your device is started and you can see the progress on the window. Kindly be patience a few minutes as it will be completed soon.

Step 3 Finally, Don't Forget to 'Factory Reset' to Erase Your Settings

After the erasing process done, you will be confirmed with a message. Also the toolkit will ask to perform a factory data reset. This is important to delete all the settings from the device.

On completion of the factory data reset, your device is completely wiped and you will get the below notification from the tool kit.

After the wiping has been completed, it is very important to restart the android device. The restart process is required to wipe the settings data as well in order to ensure that the device is completely clean.