There are a few companies with which people seem to have confidence problems.Google is one of them, and it is not a mystery that the company collects a lot of data on you.But how many data does it have?Let's see.
The good news is that Google has a central platform to view all the data associated with your account.Some of this data is information that you have voluntarily provided, but there are things you may not know.After taking a look at this article, you will learn how to delete all the data that Google knows about you.
To start, open a web browser such as Google Chrome and go to myaccount.Google.com.Then sail to the "Confidentiality and personalization" tab.
This long page is where you can see all your data.There are a few sections you want to explore.First, scroll the page to "Activities and trips".
Here you will find shortcuts to two important things:
The "My activity" page is the page where you will see your data in real time.Click on it to see everything:
The data is grouped in files by service (Google.com, youtube, etc..) and are classified in an almost chronological order.Select the three -point menu icon in the corner of the card to see the full history or to delete the activity.
Let's go back to the "Confidentiality and Personalization" tab, and look at the section "The elements you create and your activities".Click on "Go to Google Dashboard".
Here is an exhaustive list of all the Google services and applications you use.Each of them can be extended to reveal shortcuts to the information.
Google Dashboard is the place where you can really dive in depth and see exactly how many Google data has on you.
How to delete your Google data
Once you have seen the amount of data that Google has on you, the next thing you may want to do is delete them.I have already tackled this subject in the above section.From the "My activity" page, you can delete data blocks that have been grouped by service.For example, you can delete all the history of your research on Google from a specific day.
However, the deletion of data of this type can be a little tedious.A better solution is to automatically erase your data after a while.
At the top of the "My activity" page, you will see "Activity on the web and applications", "History of positions" and "YouTube historical".Click on one of these sections to adjust how your data is followed.
Although it can be slightly disturbing to see the amount of data that Google has on you, at least you can easily see everything in one place.Google tools also allow you to exercise good control over this data.