How to Clear Your Amazon Search History

If you share an Amazon account or computer with someone else, you might not always want them to see everything you search online. Whether you’re shopping for something personal or simply planning a surprise, it’s smarter to clear your Amazon search history.

Amazon search and browsing history (which products did you check out) are useful for future recommendations. However, you might want to delete it to maintain privacy or stop getting suggestions for certain items. Whatever your reasons, here’s how to clear your search history on the Amazon shopping app.

Delete Amazon Search and Browsing History From Web

Search history is different from the browsing history. The former is what products/categories you searched for, while the latter is what products you browsed through while shopping. Let’s show you how to clear both.

How to Delete Amazon Search History

Step 1: Go to the Amazon website and log in to your account.

Open Amazon.com

Step 2: Click the search bar and your last search/searches will show up in suggestions.

Step 3: Click the X icon next to the search you want to delete.

Note: The search history for the web and Amazon mobile app will be different. So, if you don’t find the particular search query you’re looking for, try the app (steps mentioned in the later sections of the article).

How to Delete Amazon Browsing History

Well, you can either remove individual items (so no one gets suspicious) or clear all items from your Amazon search history. Here’s how.

Step 1: Launch Amazon in your browser and log in.

Step 2: Here, click Browsing History from the top bar.

Step 3: To remove an individual item, click Remove from view from under the item.

Step 4: To remove the entire browsing history from Amazon, click on Manage History from the right corner.

Step 5: From the menu, select ‘Remove all items from view’.

Alternatively, you can hover the mouse over the Browsing History button to view your most recent viewing history. Scroll to the orange dot under the item you want to remove and click the X icon that appears.

Note: Additionally, you can view your Amazon browsing history, by clicking Accounts & Lists from the top bar → Your Account → scroll down to Your Browsing History and click ‘View or edit your browsing history’.

Delete Search and Browsing History From the Amazon App

The process of deleting Amazon search history on the mobile app is somewhat similar to the browser version. However, the method for clearing Amazon’s browsing history differs a bit. So, without further ado, let’s see how.

Remove Amazon Search History From the Mobile App

Step 1: Open the Amazon app on your iPhone or Android device.

Step 2: Tap the search bar and wait for a few seconds. A list of all your past searches on Amazon will appear.

Step 3: Tap X next to the search history you want to delete.

Delete Amazon Browsing History on the App

Step 1: In the Amazon app, tap the profile icon from the bottom of the page.

Step 2: Here, click Browsing History next to Keep Shopping for.

Step 3: To remove items individually, tap Remove from the view next to the item.

Step 4: To clear browsing history completely, tap the down arrow from the top.

Step 5: Click ‘Remove all items from view’.

Step 6: Again click ‘Remove all items from view’ to confirm the action

Well, this is how you can see recently viewed on the Amazon app and manage the items in the list. However, the app also boasts a Keep shopping for a section that can reveal your search or browsing history, so let’s manage that as well.

How to Remove the Keep Shopping for Section on Amazon

Step 1: Tap the profile icon in your Amazon app.

Step 2: Select Edit next to Keep shopping for.

Step 3: Tap the X next to the product category you want to remove from view and future suggestions.

Step 4: Tap Done to save the changes.

Tip: If you want to delete your browsing history but don’t want to miss out on a product you liked, add them to a private wishlist on Amazon and keep your secrets safe.

How to Turn Off Browsing History on Amazon

It’s great that you can remove your browsing history. However, there’s also something better we can do. Follow these steps and you can stop Amazon from collecting or recording your browsing history.

On Amazon web

Step 1: Open Amazon and log in to your account.

Step 2: Click Browsing History from the top bar.

Step 3: Here, click Manage history from the right corner.

Step 4: Turn off the toggle for ‘Turn Browsing History on/off’.

On Amazon Mobile App

Step 1: Go to Amazon → profile icon.

Step 2: Tap Browsing history (next to Keep shopping for).

Step 3: Tap the downward arrow next to Manage history.

Step 4: Toggle off ‘Turn Browsing History on/off’.

Step 5: In the pop-up, tap ‘Turn off Browsing history’ to confirm the action.

How to Manage Your Recommendations List

While we are at it, why not be thorough? There’s a chance that the products you’ve purchased or browsed through might end up in Amazon’s recommendation list. And not just for hiding purposes, this will improve your overall shopping experience as well. Here’s how to do it:

Delete Products From Your Recommendations List On Web

Step 1: Open Amazon → click Accounts & Lists → Your Recommendations.

Step 2: You’ll see several items under ‘Top Picks for you’. Here, click the item you want to remove from the list.

Step 3: Next up, click Remove this recommendation.

Clear Products From Your Recommendations List On Amazon App

Step 1: In the Amazon app, go to the profile page and tap Your Account.

Step 2: Here, scroll down to the Personalization section and select Your Recommendations.

Step 3: Now, tap the item you want to remove.

Step 3: Hit Remove this recommendation below it.

Improve Your Amazon Recommendations

Additionally, you can also instruct Amazon not to include certain product categories in your recommendations. However, this can just happen on the web as the mobile app doesn’t support the feature. Here’s how to do it:

Step 1: Go to Your Recommendations (as shown above).

Step 2: Click Improve Your Recommendations from the options bar at the top.

Step 3: On this page, Toggle on/off the products that you want or don’t want recommendations for.

Tip: If you want to retrieve a deleted product from your recommendations list, click Not Interested from this page and then select OK to show.

FAQs for Deleting Amazon Search or Browsing History

Give Your Shopping a Fresher Experience

As mentioned, it is not only about maintaining the privacy and keeping your browsing habits confidential but clearing your Amazon search and browsing history also resets the algorithm, allowing you fresher, unbiased suggestions.

So, we hope you managed to clear some or all your data from Amazon, whether for a surprise or privacy. For any further queries, connect with us in the comment section.