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Google was officially launched in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin to market Google Search, which has become the most used web-based search engine. Larry Page and Sergey Brin, students at Stanford University in California, developed a search algorithm first (1996) known as "BackRub", with the help of Scott Hassan and Alan Steremberg.
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- Checking Google Account History on Desktop
- Checking Google Account History on iPhone
- Checking Google Account History on Android
- Checking Chrome History on Desktop
- Checking Chrome History on Mobile
Learn how to see your Google and Chrome history on a phone, tablet, or computer
This wikiHow teaches you how to see your Google activity on both a computer and a smartphone (or tablet), as well as how to view your Google Chrome history on desktop and mobile.
On mobile, open the Google app to get to your account page where you can see your history.
On a computer, simply navigate to your account page.
Open the Google Activity page.
in your computer's web browser.
in the middle of the page, then enter your Google Account's email address, click
, type in your Google Account password, and click
Skip this step if the Google Activity page opens.
Review your Google Account's activity.
Tap the Google app icon, which resembles a red, yellow, green, and blue "G" on a white background.
It's in the top-left corner of the screen. Doing so prompts a new page to open.
This is in the middle of the page.
You'll find it about halfway down the History page.
Review your Google Account's activity.
Scroll through the list of activity to load older entries.
Tap the Google app icon, which resembles a red, yellow, green, and blue "G" on a white background.
Google comes pre-installed on virtually all modern Androids.
You'll find this icon in the bottom-right corner of the screen.
It's on the far-left side of the screen.
This tab is near the top of the screen.
It's near the bottom of the screen. Doing so will open your Google Account's activity page in Chrome.
Its app icon resembles a red, yellow, green, and blue sphere.
It's in the top-right corner of the window. Clicking this icon prompts a drop-down menu.
You'll find this in the middle of the drop-down menu. A pop-out menu will appear.
It's at the top of the pop-out menu. Doing so opens the History page.
Scroll through your history entries to check them as needed.
Clear your history if need be.
Tap the Chrome app icon, which resembles a red, yellow, green, and blue sphere.
It's in the top-right corner of the screen. A drop-down menu will appear.
You'll find this near the middle of the drop-down menu.
in the drop-down menu, then tap
Once your Chrome history page loads, scroll through it to check it as needed.
Remove individual items from your history if you like.
Click or tap History > History (CTRL+H). On the left hand side, scroll to Clear Browsing Data. A box will appear which will ask you how much history you want to delete. If you want to completely clear out your history, also click the boxes for cookies and other site data and cached images and files. Then click Clear Data.
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