How to clear browsing history on a Samsung phone?

At some point, when using a browser on a Samsung phone or tablet, you may notice a fairly significant drop in application performance.

Some people mistakenly believe that slower browser performance is a result of internet problems.

For this reason, like many others, it's time to clear all your search and browsing history, cookies, and cache.

Most modern browsers are equipped with mechanisms that allow you to browse the Internet in so-called “private mode”.

Once enabled, the browser does not save search history, cookies, temporary files or browsing history on your Samsung phone.

After clearing all elements created by the browser when visiting subsequent pages, you can expect both positive and negative effects - slightly longer loading times, but only for the first time visiting

How to clear your browser's search and browsing history

Unfortunately, this method only works correctly if you are using the Chrome or Yandex app (Yandex uses Chrome technology), so if you use the default app to browse websites, and on Samsung it is the Internet browser, you will not be able to use this way.

Step #1 – Open the Google Chrome app.

Step #2 – Tap the three dots icon located in the top right corner of the app.

Step #3 – A menu will appear, and in this menu, click on “Settings”.

Step #4 – After this, you will be able to see all the settings of the Google Chrome app. Click on the "Personal Information" option.

Step #5 – Scroll down and tap on the Clear History option.

Step #6 – A small notification window will appear on your screen allowing you to select the data you want to clear from the browser.

Step #7 – Make sure that the Browsing History, Cache, and Cookies and Site Data boxes are all checked, as well as any others you want to remove.

Step No. 8. Tap “Delete data” and then tap “Clear”.

As I said above, the big disadvantage of this method is that if you are using a standard page viewer application, you will not be able to use this method.

If you want to remove traces of visiting some sites on your Samsung phone without deleting all information from the device, you must clear only the browsing data.

Instructions for the Yandex mobile application

Let's also look at how you can get rid of history in the Yandex application on your Honor gadget.

To do this you need to do the following:

1. Open the Yandex application on your gadget;
2. Tap on search, and below you will see a list of what we were looking for earlier. Here you will no longer see crosses next to each request, which you could previously click on and delete this request; Crosses are not displayed in search
3. There will be a button with three horizontal lines in the upper left corner. Tap on it; Tap on the indicated button
4. In the menu that opens, select “Settings”; Select "Settings"
5. A list of available options will open. Select "Clear history"; Select "Clear history"
6. Tap on this item, after which a request to confirm the operation will appear. Click on "Yes". Confirm the option “Clear history”

Now if you return to the home screen and tap the search bar, you will see that the previously available suggestions are no longer available and your search history is no longer available.

Clearing search history in your smartphone browser

First, let's consider the option in which only the search query history is deleted. By the way, this erases not only the addresses of sites to which transitions were made directly from this device, but also exported requests (if consent to export was given during installation). You need to perform the following operations:

1. Open Yandex Browser. Go to the tab navigation menu (to do this, click on the S icon).
2. Click on the clock symbol to go to the history menu.
3. In this section you can view visited sites. In this case, the user chooses which addresses to erase and which to leave.

4. Click “delete”.

After this, the addresses of visited sites will be deleted from the history.

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What is cache, cookies and other data

As you use the browser, various system files and entries are created. Below are some of them.

Browsing history is a log of pages that have been opened on this device.

Cookies are small service files that are created by websites when you visit them. They are needed so that the site “recognizes” you the next time you visit (for example, it shows the items in your online store cart that you added during your previous visit).

Cache - when you visit a site, some of the information from it is temporarily saved in the device’s memory (for example, pictures). This is necessary to open this site faster next time.

Passwords - most browsers can save logins/passwords if you enter them on a website. Next time you will not need to enter the password; it will already be saved on the device.

Perfectly delete all history on a Samsung phone

Let's start by completely clearing your Samsung phone of data. To do this, you need to restore your smartphone to factory settings. Then it will be in the same condition we were in when we took it out of the box.

It is good to make a copy of the most important data in advance and remove the memory card. To restore your smartphone to its original settings, go to the settings menu, and then find the “Backup” and “Reset” tabs.

Then look for "factory settings" or "reset" in the submenu. We approve the command if we are convinced of the need to delete all data from our device.

After a while, our phone should reboot and after a few seconds you will see a welcome message and a request to reconfigure your Google account.

It should be remembered that the path to a specific menu may vary depending on the manufacturer, but in all cases the procedure for restoring factory settings is similar.

What needs to be cleared in Yandex History on Samsung - Cache, Cookies and Pages

Before you start clearing Yandex data, it’s a good idea to know what browser history is and why it is needed. The default web browser saves all the user's searches and sites visited. This is necessary in order, for example, not to search for a new article or photo you like, or to restore, if necessary, accidentally closed tabs.

In addition, the option allows the user not to enter passwords every time he next logs in to the sites where he is registered. More specifically, the browser stores the following data:

• viewed pages - thanks to this you can quickly find sites visited previously;
• download history - the browser remembers all downloads, paths to downloaded files (this has nothing to do with the files themselves stored on the disk);
• cookies are pieces of digital information stored by the browser on a device for the purpose of user authentication, storing personal preferences and settings, tracking session state and collecting statistics about the user;
• cache - files of local copies, graphics and other elements necessary for faster loading of pages.

Despite the fact that the browser can be configured to save data in whole or in part, the search history should be deleted manually from time to time. It should be borne in mind that when working in Yandex and logging into your account, history and some other data are saved not only locally, but also on the search engine’s servers.

Delete phone call history on Samsung phone

Deleting call history on Samsung is not difficult. Launch “Phone” and go to the recent tab.

This place displays a chronologically ordered history of connections. Select "Three dots" and click delete.

If you want to delete one call, highlight the contact, then select the “Connection Details” option and click the trash can icon or the top right “Delete” (depending on the Samsung and Android version).

In this way, you can delete individual lines. If you want to delete all of this, select the first icon from the top.

Having selected the history of all calls, click “Delete” - this way you can clear the call history. As a result of this operation, your Samsung will be cleaned.

How to clear history in smartphone settings

If Yandex does not load or for some reason the methods described above do not suit you, then you can also clear your search history through the gadget settings.

1. Open Settings.
2. Go to Apps & Notifications. Depending on the software version, the section name may differ.

3. A list will appear containing all installed programs. In it you need to find Yandex.Browser and open “Storage”.
4. Now click on “Manage Place” and the information will be erased.

This method is relevant for most Samsung models, including the budget segment (Galaxy A3, A6, A50, etc.).

Clearing all history on an Honor phone

Deleting all history from the My Activity panel is irreversible, so we might want to think twice before we make a decision.

Refusal of saved actions occurs in several steps. In the top panel on the right there is a symbol of three dots in which we must click. Then go to the delete activity by category.

In the pop-up window, you can delete data for a topic or service. We clear your search history by selecting All Period and Search Service.

In a situation where we want to opt out of all activities, including information about ad impressions and videos on YouTube, we simply choose. All services in the drop-down menu.

How to enable or disable app and web history

It is noteworthy that when using a working smartphone and tablet, the system administrator has access to the usage history and follows an algorithm to disable/enable it.

1. Navigate to Applications/Additional Services/Google/App History and web search.
2. Selects "Service Status".
3. Enables/Disables for everyone.
4. Saves data.

If you need to set the option for users, follow these steps:

• define the organizational unit, click On. or Off;
• select Override.

To quickly view the displayed list, scroll the page and set the "Filter".

A way to get rid of search queries in Yandex.Browser on Honor

To delete Yandex search history on your Honor phone, you need to do the following:

1. Open mobile Yandex.Browser on your Honor;
2. Click on the search bar and you will be shown a list of what you last searched for;
3. Opposite each item there is a cross on the right. If you click it, this item will be removed from the search history; Clicking on the cross will delete this request from the history of Yandex.Browser
4. If you want to disable search history altogether, then scroll to the very bottom of the search results page, where there will be an item “Setting up query history”; Click on “Setting Query History”
5. Click on it, and in the sub-menu that opens, find the item “Show search history”; Uncheck the "Show search history" option
6. Remove the bird from it and click on “Save” below.

If you want to re-enable these settings, then scroll to the bottom of the search engine’s main page, and there will be an item “Configure Yandex”.

Scroll to the item “Configure Yandex

Tap on it, and in the menu that opens, select “Search”, and in the menu that appears, check the box next to the “Show search history” option, and then click on “Save”.

Check the box for “Show search history”

After this, the search history will be displayed again.