🧹 How to Delete Search History from Your Browser (2025)

👋 Whether you're trying to free up space, remove embarrassing searches, or just keep your digital habits private — your browser holds a lot more than you think.

In this post, we’ll walk you through step-by-step how to delete search history from the three most popular browsers:

• Google Chrome
• Safari (iPhone & Mac)

🔒 All steps are tested and updated for 2025, with screenshots or video 😎 of course.

🔍 What Is "Browser Search History"?

Let’s break it down in human terms.

Your browser keeps track of:

• Every website you visit (aka your browsing history)
• Every search you type into Google, Bing, etc.
• Some search bars (like Chrome's or Safari's address bar) double as search engines, which means your search terms are stored twice: once locally in the browser, and again in your account if you're logged in.

So deleting your browser search history is like:
🧼 Wiping the fingerprints off your screen — local cleanup, but not full account wipe.

Want to go deeper? You’ll also want to check out our guide on deleting your Google Search history.

🧨 Let’s Start: How to Delete Search History from Chrome

🖥️ On Desktop (Mac & PC)

1. Open Chrome.
2. Press Ctrl + H (Windows) or Cmd + Y (Mac) to open History.

1. On the left, click Delete browsing data. or quick link

🔗 Shortcut: chrome://settings/clearBrowserData

1. In the popup, switch to Advanced from basic :
   • Time range: Select All time (on your choice)
   • Check:
     • ✅ Browsing history
     • ✅ Autofill form data (optional – this deletes saved searches)
     • ✅ Cookies (optional)
   • Click Delete data.

📱 On Mobile (iPhone & Android)

1. Open the Chrome app.
2. Tap the three dots (⋮) in the corner.
3. Tap Delete browsing data…
4. Select All time (on your choice) and tap:
   • ✅ Browsing history
   • ✅ Cached images/files (optional)
   • ✅ Autofill (for saved searches)
   • ✅ Cookies (optional)
5. Tap Delete data.

🍎 Safari: How to Delete Search History (iPhone & Mac)

📱 On iPhone or iPad

1. Go to Settings > Safari
2. Scroll down and tap Clear History and Website Data
3. choose All history (on your choice)
4. Confirm to hit Clear History button

💡 This deletes both browsing and cookies, etc.

Here is a Youtube Shorts that shows...

⚠️ Want to remove search suggestions? Go to:
Settings → Siri → Apps → Safari → Turn off "Learn from this App"

💻 On Mac (Safari Desktop)

1. Open Safari.
2. Click History > Clear History or Press Cmd + Y go to History.
3. In the popup:
   • Select All history (on your choice)
   • Click Clear History

📌 Bonus: Automatically Clear History

Want your browser to forget every time you close it?

• Chrome: Use Incognito mode
• Safari: Use Private Browsing mode

🧠 Final Thoughts

Search history is just one layer. Want a cleaner digital life? We’ve got your back.
Drop me a line at [email protected] if you find any outdated steps, or send your screenshots and we’ll update it together.

📥 Coming Next

This is Part 1 of a 5-part search-history series. Up next:

• 🔎 How to Delete Search Engine History (Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo)
• 📱 How to Delete Search Logs from Apps like YouTube, Instagram, TikTok
• 🎙 How to Delete Voice Assistant History (Siri, Google Assistant)
• 🌐 How to Delete Your Account-Wide Search History (Google My Activity)