Google has just added the biggest risk to your searching privacy to date-the new My Search History feature. It's a cool thing ... ... if you are the absolute only one who uses your computer or if you don't care if anyone else sees what you've been searching for on the web. But, judging from the three most popular articles I've written so far, this is not going to fly with most users. These articles - Keeping Private Matters Private in Google Desktop Search, and the wildly popular To remove it completely: To permanently stop using My Search History, you can delete the service by clicking the "Delete My Search History" link on your My Account page, which is accessible through the "My Account" links in the upper-right corner of your Google home page and search results pages. To Pause it: If you don't want any of your searches to be saved by My Search History, you can either log out of your Google Account or simply pause the service by clicking on the "Pause" link in the blue title bar of your search history page. You can then "un-pause" it whenever you want your searches to be saved again by clicking on the Resume" link. You can also edit or remove specific searches or results from the service by clicking the Remove items" link. To remove individual entries: Whenever you're browsing your search history page, you can click the "Remove items" link in the upper-right corner. You'll then be in edit mode and can remove any items you don't want included in My Search History by checking items and clicking the "Remove" button. Google Tutor & Advisor. Google Tutor & Advisor offers in-depth Tips, Techniques and Advice for Google Users.
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