How to delete your YouTube watch history

Go to YouTube homepage and click on the hamburger icon

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You can find the hamburger icon in the top-left corner of the webpage. This should open up a sidebar.

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Click on the History tab

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Four tabs down on the sidebar, you should find the History tab. Click this.

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Press on the X icon by your chosen video

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You should now see a list of YouTube videos that you have recently watched. Press the X icon to delete any video you want

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Click on Clear all History to remove all video

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If you want to erase all of the videos in one fell swoop, then you can click the Clear all History tab on the right-hand side.

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Optional: Press on Pause watch history

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If you want to make sure that YouTube doesn’t log your watch history in the future, you can press the Pause watch history in the right-hand sidebar.

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