Deleting History from an Android Mobile Phone

If you aren’t already logged in, enter your email and password to log into the Facebook app, or use another search engine app. From there you will access the main menu. Tap the magnifying glass in the search bar, which will take you to your recent searches. Once there, click “Edit” in the top right corner, which transfers you to your Activity Log.

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Your Activity Log allows you to do two things, in addition to showing you your history. You can filter your searches based on a number of factors, such as posts you’re tagged, photos, videos, and other widgets on your profile, but you can delete everything as well. Click “Clear Searches” to delete everything, and “Confirm” when Facebook asks you to do so.

Deleting History From a Browser

Log in to Facebook. On your personal profile there is an option to view your activity log in the top right corner of your screen. Click that, and you will see a drop down menu labeled “Filters” on the left. Underneath where it says “Comments,” click “More” and find the tab that reads “Search.” From there, you can click to clear your searches on the top right of the screen, in the same manner as the mobile browser method.

These methods are universal; you can delete your history on any desktop or tablet in the same fashion. Your search history is only available to you, and you can protect it further with PSafe Total. The anti-theft feature will keep track of your data and can block, locate, and erase it in case of a threat. You can also lock Facebook away from incriminating forces in the Vault, which will require an additional password for later retrieval.

Maybe you are embarrassed that you have searched your ex-lover’s name over 100 times on Facebook. Maybe you don’t want to be reminded that you searched searched Justin Bieber several times in 2012. Whatever the reason may be, you have a dark Facebook history and you need it to be deleted.

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How to Erase Your History

1. Click on the cogwheel on the top right corner of your home page (for some, there is a drop down arrow in lieu of the cogwheel). After the menu drops down, you should see an “Activity Log” option. Click on it.

2. Now you should see a menu that shows all of your recent activities, including groups, videos, games, etc. Select the “more” option to reveal the “search” button. Click on the search function.

3. You should now see all of your recent search activity. You can scroll through the months to see what you searched in the past. While scrolling through this, it is important to note that your Facebook history is completely private and only available for you, so don’t stress over the fact that the entirety of your Facebook searches are saved online.

4. The menu should read something along the lines of “[Your name] searched for [what you searched].” Next to this you should see a lock and a cancel option. The lock obviously locks and saves your search, but the cancel option completely wipes it away from cyberspace.

5. It can be quite tedious manually deleting all of your Facebook searches. On the top right corner of your search history you should see a “Clear Searches” option. Click on this button to completely clear everything you have ever searched.

Voila! Your search history is gone, and you are ready to search away on a clean slate. Remember that once you delete your history, you can’t get it back, so be sure to save any searches that you don’t want to let go of using the lock function.

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