Google is widely used worldwide, yet some people do not realize that Google has many features that can access your personal data or information. In this tutorial, you will be taught how to change your settings in your personal account to limit the amount of data that you allow Google to use.
Go to the Google Homepage by doing either of the following methods:
OR
Your phone screen should display a similar web page as seen above.
You will be brought to the 'Privacy Checkup' page which entails sections of information that you can change. In this procedure we will briefly go over how to change your 'Web & App Activity' settings.
Scroll down on the 'Privacy Checkup' page and you will see the block for 'Web & App Activity.' It will briefly go over what exactly what you will be able to change in that section - depending on your settings it will be either of the following:
OR
In these instructions we will assume that this section is currently "turned on" and that you want to turn it off or "pause" it.
In order to begin changing the type of data you must click on the blue tab that says "Manage ... [Name of Section]." You can see this in the above image highlighted in red.
It is totally up to you of what settings you will want to change - you will have the following options:
Option A) Turn it off completely.
OR
Option B) Turn off certain features.
OPTION A:
OPTION B:
Sometimes you will have to tap again to ensure that your decision went through. You know for sure that you have turned the feature off when it is no longer colored.
As simple as it can be! Enjoy having a much more private Google Account after completing the Privacy Checkup. We hope these instructions were helpful.