So you can delete your activity on Google to stop receiving advertising

Surely you have noticed, after doing a search in Google about some product or service, you start to see advertising about it. This is because Internet platforms generally create a profile based on your activity. But if you no longer want to see those ads, we tell you how you can delete your data.

The intention of personalized ads is to give you a better experience so that you can make better purchasing decisions. Of course, this also helps companies that advertise online. But we know that they are not always well received.

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Fortunately, there are easy ways to delete your internet activity.

How to delete your activity on Google?

The first thing worth explaining is that when you browse the internet you leave a mark. Your searches, the pages you visit and the platforms you subscribe to, say a lot about who you are, and that then helps companies show you content that might interest you.

Although in some cases this can be appreciated, in others it is even a topic that generates fear in users because, after mentioning or having a conversation about something they would like to buy, they begin to see ads for it.

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Everything you do when you use the services and your Google account is registered in “My activity”, but you can find and delete this information for it:

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How to delete the search for a product in Google?

In case you want to delete certain searches, for example of a product, you can do it:

On the same page you will find the tools to delete your activity on other sites like YouTube, as well as your registered locations.

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How to delete your Google activity automatically?

If you don’t want to perform these steps from time to time, don’t worry, you can set up your account.

If what you want is to stop saving activity temporarily, then it is best to search and browse the web privately, using a VPN or incognito mode.

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Source: Elcomercio

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