Get your history from Google

A few steps at Google, then one upload here. Choose Chrome for browsing history, YouTube for what you watched, or both - a narrow request comes back in minutes and stays small enough to upload. You can upload your entire Google Takeout file and we will just extract your history from it

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Upload the archive

What if I have moved, or the clocks changed? Daylight saving is applied per visit, so a file spanning several years stays correct. If you have lived in more than one country, pick where you spent most of it — Google does not record where you were.
What exactly should I upload?

Upload the zip as it arrived, or open it and take just Chrome/BrowserHistory.json and YouTube and YouTube Music/history/watch-history.json. There is no account to create and nothing to install.

At Google Visit Google Takeout

Do'nt have the file yet? Want to know how to get it? These seven steps get Google to send you one, and the archive usually arrives within minutes.

01

Open Takeout and deselect all

Google preselects every product it holds. Hit "Deselect all" first — otherwise the archive runs to gigabytes of photos and mail and takes hours to build.

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The Google Takeout export screen with 67 of 67 products selected. The Deselect all button, top right of the Products row, is ringed in red.

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Tick Chrome (for Browser History)

Scroll the product list to Chrome and tick it.

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Chrome ticked in the product list

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Inside Chrome, choose BrowserHistory

Open Chrome's own data list and select BrowserHistory on its own. Bookmarks, passwords and extensions are not part of a history report and only slow the export down.

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BrowserHistory selected in the Chrome data list

04

Tick YouTube (for YouTube watch history)

Towards the end of the product list, there is an option for YouTube history.

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If you have uploaded videos to YouTube, you can deselect these and just upload the history.

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Inside All YouTube Data Included, choose History

Open the YouTube data option and select History on its own.

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History selected in the YouTube Data list

06

Inside YouTube Multiple Formats, choose JSON for History

Open the YouTube Multiple Formats dialog, scroll down to History towards the end and select JSON.

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JSON selected in the History format

07

Export, then watch your inbox

Google emails a download link when the archive is ready. With only some settings selected, that might only be a matter of minutes.

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Google Takeout export options screen, with the Export once option selected and the email delivery method chosen.
Open Google Takeout