Clear | Delete Facebook Search History : We’ve all done it. We’ve all searched Facebook for a particular person while looking over our shoulder to make sure no one can see us. Whether it’s a long-lost friend, ex-partner, your mischievous child, or someone else, we’ve all searched for a person on Facebook that we don’t want other people knowing we’ve searched for. I have a (silly) habit of looking up the person I have a crush on, only to feel embarrassed after the fact. So to soothe my blushing cheeks, I simply clear that Facebook search history and pretend I didn’t just do that. Here’s how you can clear your Facebook search history so we can all be secret onlookers together.
Are you wondering why you should clear your Facebook search history in the first place? The reason is simple, someone could have access to your device and account as well.
Now there are some details you rather leave private, if you feel your recently visited groups and pages should remain private you sure will have to leave no trace of it and, this is simply done by clearing the search history.
Before we proceed, you should know that How you get to your search history varies with devices. Therefore if you are using an iOS device, your web interface will be different from that of a user using an Android device.
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Are you ready? In this post, we bring you how to delete/clear your Facebook search history. All that is expected of you is to simply follow our simple guide below.
The two major things to consider to strengthen Facebook security are:
- Remove associations between third party apps and Facebook account
- Clear your Facebook history
Remove associations between third party apps and Facebook account
To remove third party permissions, do the following:
- Sign in to your Facebook account
- Go to Settings
- Click on the Apps and Websites alternative
- Check all apps and then click “Remove.”
Now we will move to easy ways to clear your Facebook history.
Clear Facebook Search History
How to Clear Your Facebook Search History
If you tend to visit Facebook in a browser, you can wipe your search history by doing the following:
- On your profile page, click the View your activity log button. In a browser, the button is on the right-hand side.
- In the menu on the left, under Photos and Videos, Likes and Reactions, Comments, click More.
- When the menu expands to show all filters, click Search history.
You’ll see a full chronological list of everything you’ve searched for on Facebook. You can delete individual searches by clicking the Edit button.
You can also wipe your entire search history in one go by clicking the Clear Searches button.
How to Clear Your Facebook Search History (Mobile)
If you tend to access Facebook more on your phone, you can access this setting in the social network’s mobile apps.
- Go to your profile page and tap the Activity Log button underneath your profile photo. (On iOS, the button is third from the left, while on Android it’s on the far left.)
- Tap Filter at the top of the screen.
- Scroll down to find and tap Search history.
- You can clear your entire search history by tapping Clear searches and tap Confirm.
- To delete individual entries, tap the icon next to the entry in question and tap Delete. (On iOS the icon is an arrow, while on Android phones it’s an X.)
- Gain access to your search activity on Facebook
- Login to your Facebook account as well as click on the Activity Log button.
How to Clear Facebook Search History?
Follow these basic actions to eliminate your Chart Browse history:
ON YOUR BROWSER:
- Visit Facebook and tap on the ‘Search’ button without entering any search option
- On the options that pop up, click on ‘Edit’
- Click on ‘Clear Searches’
- You will get a pop-up notification asking if you are sure about clearing the searches you’ve made, click on ‘Clear Searches’
OR
- Log on to Facebook
- Click the down arrow in the upper-right corner of the page and select “Activity Log” from the drop-down menu
- A list of options displays on the left side of the Activity Log screen. Click “More” under “Comments” to expand the list.
- Click “Search” in the expanded list.
- A list of all your searches is displayed by date. To delete one search item, click the block icon to the right of the item and select “Delete” from the drop-down menu.
- The “Remove Search” dialog box displays making sure you want to remove the search. Click “Remove Search” to complete the removal process.
- To clear all of your search history, click the “Clear Searches” link at the top of the page.
A confirmation dialog box displays for this action, as well, reminding you that your search history helps them show you better results when you search. What they don’t say is that it also helps them collect information about you. If you would rather not provide them that information, click “Clear Searches” to remove you entire search history.
ON YOUR FACEBOOK APPLICATION
- Tap on the ‘Search’ button without entering any search option
- On the options that pop up, click on ‘Edit’
- Click on ‘Clear Searches’
- You will get a pop-up notification asking if you’re sure about clearing the searches you’ve made, click on ‘Confirm’
Note: Search logging hasn’t been disabled, it simply means that you are limiting the information Facebook collects about you and that what you have currently searched for has been cleared. You may likely want to do this, clearing your Facebook searches and activities on a routine basis.