Quick summary
You can pause YouTube watch history directly from your Google Account settings in just a few clicks. Once paused, videos you watch on YouTube will no longer be saved to your history.
Steps
- Sign in and go to myaccount.google.com, then click Data & Privacy.
- Scroll to Data & Privacy settings and open YouTube History.
- Click Saving your YouTube history to proceed.
- Click TURN OFF to pause YouTube watch history.
- When the confirmation dialog appears, click Pause to confirm — your YouTube history is now paused.
- Watch any video on YouTube to test the setting.
- Return to the History tab and confirm the video wasn't added to your history.
