
Sometimes Google predicts what you'd like to view next and serves this content to you. Some websites and apps might share certain activity with Google. If you use a shared device or sign in with multiple accounts, you may find activity from another signed in account. If you visit these websites and apps while signed in to your Google Account, your activity might show up in My Activity. Some websites and apps use Google services, like Search, Maps, or Ads. Activity from websites & apps that use Google services You might find these types of unfamiliar activity in My Activity.



Your activity is listed as individual items, starting with the most recent. Your Activity controls control most of the activity that's saved to your account. Next, scroll to the bottom of the search engines listed until you see the field to Add a new search engine.įrom left to right, you will give your custom search a name, a keyword to activate it, and a URL in the three fields.Activity is saved when you're signed in to your Google Account. On the Settings page, click the Manage search engines button. Here’s how:įirst, click on the hamburger button in the upper-right corner of Chrome and choose Settings.

You’ll need to set up two custom searches, which is a quick and painless process. With a little upfront work, you can use the Omnibox to search only your bookmarks or history. Luckily we have a solution, Chrome’s URL bar or Omnibox lets you perform Web searches, and it also shows results from your bookmarks and history. I know it is very frustrating to go to bookmark dropdown if you have lots of them (as I do),
