Stop YouTube from Tracking Your Watched Videos

Whether you realize it or not, if you’re signed into Google or YouTube, there’s a record of all videos you search for and watch.  This log could be cleared manually in the past, but now you can get more control over your video history – by turning off this tracking function completely.

The Video Manager on YouTube now offers new video privacy options, pointed out by the Ghacks blogClicking on “Pause search history will disable video search logging, while going to “History” and clicking “Pause viewing history” disables video view logging.

When you decide you again want to let everyone see the latest cat capers and future stars you’ve viewed, it’s as simple as switching back to “Resume Search History.”

(Image and Story via LifeHacker)

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