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Google's Android app will finally let you delete the last 15 minutes of your search history

Google's Android app will finally let you delete the last 15 minutes of your search history




Google is finally bringing the ability to delete the last 15 minutes of your search history to its Android app, the company confirmed to The Verge.

Google spokesman Ned Adriaens said in a statement to The Verge, "We are currently rolling out this feature on the Google app for Android and hopefully over the next few weeks to everyone using the app." It will be rolled out." "We are exploring ways to bring this helpful feature to other surfaces."

The feature was first spotted by Mishaal Rahman, former editor-in-chief of XDA Developers, who said he was briefed about the feature, and that a Verge editor has seen the feature on his phone. To check and see if you have it, open Google's Android app, tap your profile picture, and look for the "Delete last 15 minutes" option.

It has taken some time for this feature to arrive in the Android app. Google first announced the feature at Google I/O in May, and it came to Google's iOS app in July. At the time, Google said it would come to an Android version of the app later in 2021, but for some reason, the company missed that deadline. It's unclear whether Google plans to bring the feature to desktop — in its May announcement post, the company didn't specify which platforms it would be available on, and in July, Google only said it would The feature was coming to iOS and Android apps. ,

Google also offers a tool to automatically remove things that are three, 18 or 36 months old in your search history.

Update March 19th 8:30AM ET: Updated to add a statement from Google, and to reflect that the feature is currently rolling out on Android.

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