Delete your data now to remove yourself from Google's grip
Google dominance
Google is an American multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products, which include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware. It is considered one of the four largest tech companies in the IT industry in the United States, along with Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft.
Google is used for a lot of things, from searching for things, email, calendar, and video chatting with the team, to checking out the Nest camera in our living room.
The company provides a large number of really great products. But you have to remember, you are also a product in their earnings stream.
Recently, there has been an anti-Google movement, with more and more people interested in alternatives. You can use a different search site that will not track you.
Here are some of the ways Google controls your data and what you can do about it.
1. Blur your home on Google Maps
While Google Maps and Street are convenient, it can be annoying when your home and address number are visible to anyone in the picture. You can request a privacy blackout on any pictures of your home:
OpenGoogle Maps or Street View Gallery and search for your address.
Find the Street View image you want to blur and open it. The photo must show your face, your home, or any other identifying information.
At the bottom right, click Report a problem. Complete the order.
Click 'Submit.
Once the image is reported and blurred, there is no way for Google to reverse it. Make sure you are 100% sure about removing the image.
2. Clear your voice commands
Are you using Google Assistant? It's an easy way to set reminders, get quick answers, and more.
Google keeps tabs on those interactions with Google Assistant to improve AI and personalize your account. If this bothers you, delete those recordings.
Open your Google account page.
From the right navigation panel, click Data & Personalization.
In the Activity Control period, click on Web & App Activity, followed by Activity Management. On this page, you'll see a list of your past activities - and items with the microphone icon indicating a recording.
Next to the items you want to delete, select the three-dot icon and then delete.
3. Remove Google search history
Google uses your search history to create a detailed profile of you that it shares with advertisers. This personalizes the ads and the content that you see. It's also part of the reason data is such a huge business. Tap or click here to see how much money your data could sell online. You will be shocked.
If you want to start removing your information from Google, search history is where you start. Here's how to clear your search and activity history:
Go to myaccount.google.com and sign in. Alternatively, go to google.com while logged in and click on the circle icon in the top-right corner with your photo or initials inside. Then click on Manage your Google account.
Click on Manage your data and personalize, located under Privacy and Personalization.
Under the Activity control, you'll see checkmarks next to Track Web & App Activity, Site History and YouTube History. Click each one to adjust your settings. You can toggle them off to stop further tracking.
Under the activity controls, click My activity under Activity and schedule.
In the menu that appears in the left sidebar, click Delete activity by. Select how long you want to delete the history in the popup menu. Click Delete to confirm.
Once you follow these steps, not only will your search history be gone, but tracking by apps, location history and YouTube views will also be disabled.
4. Remove data from Chrome
If you use Google's web browser, Chrome, you also give the company access to web history. Go ahead and remove Chrome browsing data as well.
To get started, open Chrome and click on the three dots menu.
Hover over the record and click on the date at the top of the list.
Click Clear browsing data and select your own date range for deletion.
From here, you can choose to delete history, cookies and cache. Select the date range you want to clear, from the last 24 hours until early in the beginning of your browsing activity.
5. Ask Google to tell you what it finds about you
If you want to stay on top of what information pops up about you on social media (or the rest of the web), you can set up a free Google Alert for your name. It is an easy way to monitor your reputation online.
Here's how to set up a Google alert for your name:
Visit Google.com/alertsand type what you want Google to alert you about in the search bar.
Click Show options to change the frequency, source, language and region settings. You can also specify how many results you want and where you want them delivered.
Click Create Alert to start receiving alerts about you or other research topics of interest to you.
What do you do if you want to remove something about you on a website? Click or click here for our step-by-step guide.
Do you not trust Google, and you want to do the previous steps, then you should start now.
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