You can view and clear your Microsoft Edge browsing history stored on a single device, across all synced devices, and in the cloud. You may choose to clear your browsing history at any time.

To clear a single search from history, on the Search History page, click the X next to the search you want to delete. On the page, under Clear search history, click Clear all, and then click Yes. This deletes any search history associated with that account.

To view and clear the Microsoft Edge browsing history associated with your signed-in Microsoft account, go to the privacy dashboard. You can also clear the browsing history from your device.

Regularly deleting your browsing history helps protect your privacy, especially if you're using a shared or public PC. In Internet Explorer, select the Tools button, point to Safety, and then select Delete browsing history.

Microsoft Edge will delete your browsing history, cookies, and site data, as well as passwords, addresses, and form data when you close all InPrivate windows. You can start a new InPrivate session by selecting Settings and more on a computer or Tabs on a mobile device.

Data that appears on the dashboard can include data related to your Bing and Cortana searches, Microsoft Edge browsing, and location, voice, media, and apps and services activity. Once you clear your data, we'll delete it from the dashboard and begin removing it from our systems.

Note: If you have previous activity history stored in the cloud before Windows 11 23H2 and 22H2, January 23, 2024-KB5034204 update, you can use the Clear activity history button to delete previously stored data in the cloud.

Find out why Microsoft collects your search history, how to view and clear your search history, and which search data appears on the privacy dashboard.

You can delete the apps and services activity data that Microsoft has associated with your Microsoft account on the activity history page. This data can be cleared on a per-day basis.

In the dashboard, go to Privacy > Empower your productivity > Copilot > Copilot app activity history. You can select either Export all activity history or Delete all activity history.