Help with Google settings

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Help with Google settings

Hi. For the life of me cannot turn off google trending searches on laptop, or iPhones, I have checked on all devices"do not show popular searches" - will not stop trending. Second question can anyone tell me the correct way to have safe search filters on devices. Do you check "Show explicit results, or Hide explicit results if you want to activate safe search. Thanks.

iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Jan 27, 2021 9:56 PM

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Erica_S1

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Feb 1, 2021 8:02 AM in response to bossom55

Hi there bossom55,

We understand you're trying to turn off Google trending searches on your iPhone and laptop. We'd be glad to assist.

Check out this article from Google regarding trending searches: How search predictions work on Google

"iPhone & iPad

Turn off trending searches

If you don’t want to get trending searches, you can change your settings.

On your iPhone or iPad, open the Google app .
At the top right, tap your Profile picture or initial Settings General.
Turn off Autocomplete with trending searches.

Computer

Turn off related searches

If you’re signed out from your Google Account when you search on Google, you may find recommendations related to your recent search. If you don’t want to get these, turn off Search customization.

On your computer, go to google.com.
At the bottom, tap Settings Search settings Search Customization.
Turn off Signed-out search activity is on".

For SafeSearch, see this article: Filter explicit results using SafeSearch

Should you have any further questions, contact Google Help.

Cheers!

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