oogle
wants to give you a ride down memory lane. The tech giant has
introduced a new feature via which users can download their entire
Google Search history from the Web & App Activity section in their
browser. Users will need to sign in and go to their Google Account
History page, and then click on the gear icon, and select Download.
Users
will then see a warning message which says, “it’s not the usual yada
yada,” and are advised to set up 2-step verification. According to an
unofficial Google Operating System blog, “When you download your past
searches, a copy of your history will be saved securely to the Takeout
folder in Google Drive. You can download the files to your computer if
you want a copy on your computer.” Google also advises that the archive
should not be downloaded on a public computer to maintain privacy.
Once
you have requested to download it, you will be notified immediately via
Gmail with a link to the archive on Google Drive and the option to
download it to your hard drive as a ZIP file. You will then see a series
of JSON files, split chronologically by quarter, which can then be
saved as a ZIP file to your desktop.
The
new feature is related to Google’s Takeout, a service designed to let
users move their data out of Google. Downloading your search history
will not delete the data, but you have the option to delete part of or
your entire search history manually.
Posted by : Gizmeon
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