Microsoft Edge and Google chrome save the search history. Suppose you don’t want to save browsing history and your computer browser window private. This article will guide you on how to stop Chrome or Edge from Saving Browsing History and Data in Windows 11 or 10.
Using Registry Editor, you can set things up not to hold the browsing history or data on your computer. It guides chrome and Microsoft edge not to save the search history.
If you use a standard browsing window, this feature will help you remove your search data from your computer.
How to Prevent Google Chrome from Saving Browsing History and Data on Windows 11 or 10?
To stop or prevent Google Chrome from saving browsing history and data even in normal mode, do the following steps:-
Step 1. Firstly, open the Registry Editor.
Step 2. In the Registry Editor window, navigate to the following key in the left sidebar:-
Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies
Step 3. Then, right-click on the
Step 4. Name the newly created key as
Step 5. After that, right-click on the
Step 6. Set the newly created key name as
Step 7. Now, right-click on the
Step 8. Name the new REG_DWORD value as
Step 9. Then, double-click on the SavingBrowserHistoryDisabled and set the Value data as
Step 10. Click the
Step 11. Restart your computer to apply the changes.
In the future, if you want to revert the changes, set the Value data of SavingBrowserHistoryDisabled as
How to Stop Edge from Saving Browsing History and Data on Windows 11 or 10?
To stop or prevent Edge from saving browsing history and data on Windows 11 or 10, do the following steps:-
Step 1. Open the Registry Editor.
Step 2. When the Registry Editor window opens, navigate to the following key in the left sidebar:-
Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft
Step 3. Then, right-click on the Microsoft key and select New > Key options.
Step 4. Set the name as
Step 5. Right-click on
Step 6. Name the new REG_DWORD value as
Step 7. After that, double-click on
Step 8. Next, click the
Step 9. Finally, restart your computer or laptop to apply the changes.
To allow Edge to save the browsing history, set the value data of SavingBrowserHistoryDisabled as
That’s it.