Google announces introduction of automatic deletion function of location information and web & app activity management

By recording information about places visited with the activity of the site or app and the terminal, Google is working to speed up services such as maps and search, improve the accuracy of recommended functions, and enhance customization. Although this function can be turned off and the recorded information can be deleted, it requires some trouble. On May 1, 2019 local time, Google announced the ability to automatically delete records. This will automatically delete data that has passed the specified deadline.

Introducing auto-delete controls for your location history and activity data

In each Google account, there are 6 types of activity management: 'Web and app activity', 'location history', 'voice activity', 'device information', 'YouTube search history' and 'YouTube playback history'. While these services have the advantages of speeding up the service, increasing convenience, and improving accuracy when they are turned on, there is also the problem that private will be missed.

As for activity management, it was possible to select 'on' or 'off' for each of the above six types, and it was possible to manage the history separately for six types, but it is necessary to log in to the page of Google account and delete one by one. was.

This time Google introduced a function that automatically deletes activity data that has passed a specified retention period from the account. Click 'Choose to delete automatically' in '

Select the retention period from 'Manual deletion', '3 months', '18 months' and click 'Next'.

Finish if settings are saved.

Automatic deletion is first introduced for 'web and app activity' and 'location history' and is later planned for other management. At the time of article production, it seems that it has not been introduced for all users, so it was not possible to apply automatic deletion at hand.