Google search history never clears when i clear browser history and data

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Google search history never clears when i clear browser history and data

i have an issue which i have only just noticed it happening, it was never a problem before. If i wanted to clear all of my internet history, (including searches made on google), then all i would do is go to settings, safari, clear history and website data, and it would be gone. Or even if i went to the history section whilse on safari browser, and cleared all time, it would go.

however when i do it now, it still shows the google searches!!

This is very annoying as i have to manually clear the google searches, which only clears 3 searches at a time.

This HAS to be an ios issue as it never happened before.

iPhone 6s, iOS 9.0.2

Posted on Dec 1, 2015 12:09 PM

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IdrisSeabright

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Dec 1, 2015 12:29 PM in response to bradztheman

Your Google search history is stored on Google's servers. You should be able to clear it by going to www.google.com (do this on a computer), logging in and going to your search history. Go to your account, your personal info, search settings. Down at the bottom of the page, you'll see a "search history" hyperlinked. You can click on that and edit your history there.

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bradztheman Author

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Dec 1, 2015 12:38 PM in response to IdrisSeabright

Thanks for the hel but your wrong.

i'm not signed into google and havent been for a long time.

i Just signed in and saw searches made from 2 months ago and older, however this has nothing to do with the recent searches ive made, and the fact clearing browser history and data doesn't clear google searches made. I find it strange. It always used to, even when just clearing safari history clicking 'all time'

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bradztheman Author

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Dec 1, 2015 12:43 PM in response to IdrisSeabright

You know what, if im in safari and i click on History -> Clear -> All Time ... This is the only thing that clears the google search box, apart from doing it manually on the google search box itself.

going to Settings -> Safari -> Clear History and Website Data ... Does not do this!! Suprisingly!! you would think it would as afterall this is meant to clear EVERYTHING, inc data.

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Dec 1, 2015 1:41 PM in response to bradztheman

Settings> Safari> Clear History and Website Data on my iPhone completely clears out all browsing history, as evidenced by the History bookmark on my iPhone. I didn't have to log out of Google at all, it just worked, right from my iPhone.

If by "history" you're referring to what you see as you start typing in Google's search box, that's not your search history. That is Google's prediction of what you're searching for, I suppose based on some modeling of what's trending.

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bradztheman Author

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Dec 1, 2015 2:09 PM in response to rockmyplimsoul

YEs i know this, and the above used to work for me also. And now it doesn't for some strange reason. No i'm not talking about google search predictions, i know what tht is lol, im

talking about the search box history. I may take my phone into Apple and see what they say about this.

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Dec 1, 2015 2:19 PM in response to bradztheman

OK, had to check ...

I cleared my Google search box history just now and it deleted just fine. Have you tried resetting or restoring your iPhone? Sounds like something's not right with it, but a simple reset may help.

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bradztheman Author

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Dec 1, 2015 11:42 PM in response to rockmyplimsoul

JUst tried it and it didn't work.

if i take it into Apple store what do you think they will say.

IT started happening on my iphone 5c too, so i bought the iphone 6s and it was fine up until recent!

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Dec 2, 2015 7:03 AM in response to bradztheman

Did you try a full restore, which erases the iPhone and reloads iOS? If not, do a backup first and reload the backup after restoring. If you already tried that, then don't load your backup after restoring since it may be corrupted.

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