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How to View Your Google Browsing History (Chrome, Firefox, Edge…)
The Browsing History
Browsing history is very useful because it allows you to easily find a page you visited. In a future lesson, we will show you how to delete your PC’s browsing history. This lesson applies to almost all web browsers: Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Avast Browser… and any search engine you use: Google, Bing, Qwant…
Note: This lesson includes screenshots from Windows, but you can also follow this tutorial if you want to view your Google search history on an Android phone or tablet.
Let’s get started!
Table of Contents
1. View Your Browsing History
2. Search Your Browsing History
3. View History on Multiple Devices
4. Delete History Browsing
1. View Your Browsing History
In Google Chrome, as in many other browsers, browsing history can be accessed from the menu. In Chrome:
- Click Menu, then History > History
- You can easily find a website or page you visited recently—or even a long time ago!
- You can also open history using the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + H (“H” for History).
- To view download history, use Ctrl + J (we will cover this in the next lesson).
Menu path: Menu → History
Access the Chrome menu by clicking the three dots (or the gear icon depending on your version), then click History.
Let’s look at this in a screenshot. To display history in Google, click Menu (the 3 dots), then « History » :
And click on « History » again. The history will then be displayed.
The procedure is the same regardless of which browser you use: Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera…
2. Search Your Browsing History
You can search your history using the search bar at the top of the history page.
In Chrome’s address bar, type @ and select @bookmarks to quickly search your browsing history.
You can also use @ to access AI search: type @ and select @gemini.
The @ shortcut allows different types of searches: with Google search, Gemini (AI), bookmarks, history, or open tabs.
3. View History on Multiple Devices
You can view your browsing history across multiple devices by using synchronization.
If you search the internet on your laptop, you can later view the same history on your smartphone.
To have a single, unified history, you must be signed in to the same Google account on all your devices by clicking the round avatar at the top right of your preferred browser (Chrome, Edge, Firefox…).
4. Delete History
To delete your browsing history, whether you use Google Chrome, Edge, Firefox, or Opera, open the history and then select « Delete browsing data » on the left :
Click on « All time », choose the items you want to remove from your device (computer, phone, tablet), and confirm. Your history is cleared!
Also check the lessons « How to View Download History in Google Chrome » and « How to delete my browsing personal data as cookies or google history« .
Thibaut MATHIEU
End of the lesson
You now know how to access to your internet browsing history.
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Thibaut MATHIEU
Editeur de Premiers Clics
Editor and writer of Premiers Clics, and author of the book “Getting Started with Computers” (only avalaible in french), I share all my computer knowledge to help you learn, using the Premiers Clics computer courses.
Also the manager of a computer support and repair company, I fully understand your needs in computer training and assistance. Every day, I answer my clients’ questions about their computers, phones, or tablets.
This experience has given me extensive knowledge in consumer digital technology, allowing me to separate fact from fiction in device protection, identify the most common user mistakes, and provide numerous tips to make the best use of PCs, smartphones, and tablets.
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