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Google announced many new features coming to its beloved Chrome browser, one of which will change the way you go back to the websites you've researched previously. Plus, Chrome is adding more address bar actions.

Essentially, Journeys takes the websites in your browser history and groups them based on topics. So, if you're in the middle of doing some research and you need to get up and walk away, Chrome will group those websites together so you can go back and pick up where you left off with a simple search. This is definitely easier than just a list of recently visited websites, which can be challenging to navigate.

In a blog post, Google explained how to use the feature. It said, "When you type a related word into your search bar and click on 'Resume your research' or visit the Chrome History Journeys page, you see a list of relevant sites you visited and can quickly pick up where you left off, whether it was earlier today or weeks ago."

You can delete websites and clusters of websites from your history as you'd expect. So if your research takes you to places you'd rather not remember, you can delete them just like you would any other part of your browser history.

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A Chrome feature many people aren't taking advantage of is Actions . You can enter specific commands to navigate around the browser quickly. For example, you could type "Clear browsing data" to quickly delete your history.

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Now, Google is adding a bunch of new actions. Here's what Google is adding:

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  • "Customize Chrome"
  • "View your Chrome history"
  • "Manage accessibility settings"
  • "Share this tab"
  • "Play Chrome Dino game"

You can simply type any of those into your browser's address bar to accomplish the actions quickly and easily.

Additionally, Google is adding new Chrome widgets for Android. With them, you can start a text search, voice search, Lens search, or open an Incognito tab right from your home screen. If you're an Android user, these widgets should come in handy.

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Late last year, Google started testing out a new feature called “Journeys” for Chrome. This feature would allow users to utilize their Chrome history in a more impactful way by showing you not only the sites you’ve visited recently, but how you got there and what you found along the way. Sound cool? This guide will take you through Chrome Journeys and explain how to use the feature.

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If you’ve ever used a browser, you’ll know that every site you visit is saved and cached as an entry in your History. Your Chrome History is an easy way to see where you’ve been throughout the day, week, or even year. While History is a great tool for finding recent visits, it doesn’t do anything for piecing together a larger puzzle. It doesn’t help you identify the path you took in your search for trips to Alaska or your research into new products and features of those products.

Enter Journeys.

Journeys allow users to see their path through the internet in grouped-up entries. Those entries are based on the topic you searched for or found and display all the sites that you visited in that search. For instance, if you did end up researching a trip to Alaska, Google Chrome’s Journeys page would show you all of the sites you visited that had to do with that research. That includes the initial Google Search, pages you visited from there, and so on. All the information is displayed in a neat window and helps you revisit any of those pages with ease. This is Chrome’s answer to interrupted searches and the natural derailments you experience when browsing the internet.

After the initial testing phase in October 2021, Journeys gained enough traction to make its way into Chrome’s public version that we know and love. The feature eventually rolled out in February 2022 and is available on desktops for users to try out and use. Google Chrome Journeys is now available in these languages:

Unfortunately, Chrome Journeys is not available on mobile devices for the time being. The feature is still quite new so there is room for improvement and a wider OS range in the future.

How to find and use Chrome Journeys

To find your recent adventures through the internet, you’ll need to take a couple of familiar steps into Chrome’s settings. From there, you can explore what Journeys has to offer and possibly make it a back pocket tool for general Chrome use. Here’s how to find Journeys:

  • On your desktop, open Chrome .
  • At the top-right corner of your screen, tap the overflow (three-dot) menu .
  • From there, hover over History and click History in the new menu that appears.
  • You’ll see Chrome’s History page initially, but your want to click Journeys at the top.

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That’s all it takes to get there. You can look through your recent Journeys in Chrome from this page and take a few steps if you need to.

Each entry on the Journeys page has a source site – generally a Google Search – and either one or many secondary sites under it. Those sites represent what you found and visited along your search. On the parent site, you’ll notice an overflow menu on the right-hand side. If you click the overflow menu , you’ll see a couple of options.

You can either open all of those tabs in a new group, remove just the parent site from your history, or remove the whole Journey from your history. Being able to open these sites back up into a new tab group is a fantastic feature that lets you get right back into what you were working on.

For some Journeys, you’ll also notice a list of recommended searches you can perform at the bottom of the card. Just click one of the search bubbles and you’ll be redirected to a new tab. This is helpful for continuing where you left off at any given point, or even taking your search in a new direction. You may also see a See more button. This appears when your Journey is more than a few sites long and can’t be contained in one card without overshadowing others. To view more of your Journey, just tap See more and you can view the whole history of that search.

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Something worth noting is that Journeys are not currently saved in the cloud and all the information is stored on your local device. This is unlike Google Chrome’s History feature that saves your history for each device in the cloud, allowing you to revisit a site that you first stumbled upon with a different device.

Of course, you don’t have to use Journeys at all. In fact, you can disable the feature altogether. In the Journeys page, you’ll see an option off to the left side that says Turn off Journeys – simply click that and Journeys will immediately be disabled. If you want to turn them back on, click that button again, and the feature will reappear.

In all, Chrome Journeys is a great tool for just about anyone. If you’re a student, researching a new topic, or just browsing to your heart’s content, Journeys should be able to aid you in that endeavor. The feature provides a more unique view of your browsing history in Chrome that focuses on being a little more useful. Because of that, Journeys can become a page you visit during your search for a topic, not always after.

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One of the benefits of using Google Chrome on every device is that it’ll keep track of your browsing history across platforms. So, if you need to get back to a page you saw earlier, last week, or last month, your history is just a click or tap away, and easily searchable.

Now Google has enhanced this functionality with a new feature called Journeys, which you’ll find in Chrome for Windows, macOS, and Chrome OS. With Journeys, you can access not just the sites you’ve previously visited, but details of how you got there too—hence the name.

How Chrome Journeys works

You’re probably familiar with the way that browsing history works in Chrome. As you make your way across the web, the program logs each of the pages you’ve visited so you can retrace your steps if needed. To make things even easier, Chrome Journeys group parts of your search history together by topic.

“You might be researching across multiple pages for hikes for the weekend or information about vaccines, then quickly need to switch over to a last-minute work call, only to forget where you originally left off,” explains Chrome product manager, Yana Yushkina . Chrome Journeys allows users to go back to that last website they visited and continue their search from there.

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Google uses its highly tuned algorithms to work out what sites are related, when you’re switching topics in your searches, how much you interact with sites, and how long  you’re spending on each one. If all of this makes you a little nervous privacy-wise, the good news is that at least for the time being, Chrome is saving all of this data locally—it doesn’t go back to Google’s servers, so only you have access to it. 

But this comes at a price, and unfortunately it also means that Journeys is not synced across your devices, so if you researched the best way to reheat pizza on your laptop, you won’t be able to continue your search on your phone. In their official announcement, Google said it’s exploring the possibility of making the feature available on Android and iOS, but didn’t share any timelines. 

You can still get at your basic browsing history on your mobile devices by tapping the three dots up in the top right corner of the Chrome interface, then choosing History from the menu.

How to find Chrome Journeys

With Chrome or Chrome OS open on your computer, click the three dots (top right) and choose History then History again. You can get to the same screen by pressing Ctrl+H (Windows and Chrome OS) or Cmd+Y (macOS) on your keyboard. Assuming you have browsing history turned on, you’ll see a list of the sites you’ve visited most recently.

Switch to the Journeys tab to see your browsing history sorted by topic. Your deep dive into wildflowers yesterday afternoon will be distinct from the dozens of Airbnb rentals you were looking at later in the evening, for example, giving you a better overview of the different jobs you’ve been using your browser for. 

Use the Show more links at the bottom of the sections if there’s a specific result you’re not seeing. There are also Related searches boxes you can use to head off in different directions. You can also delete groups of links in Journeys via the three dots to the right of each entry on the list.

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As before, you can go to the Search history box up at the top of the page to look for something specific in your browsing history—this works on both the standard List tab and the new Journeys tab. 

If you’re signed in to your Google account, you might also see a shortcut to a recent ‘journey’ when you run a search on Google—look out for the Resume your research link that will appear if your current search matches a topic that you’ve previously been looking into. This takes you to the same page that you can find through the History option in the main Chrome menu.

Finally, if you’re not that keen on the new feature and how it works, click Turn off Journeys on the left to go back to the standard browsing history interface. 

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Google Chrome is rolling out Journeys, a feature that lets you revisit your old browsing sessions based on the subject matter you were searching for. If you type a word in the address bar that’s related to some convoluted rabbit hole you’ve been down in the past, you’ll see a “Resume your research” option that links you to the related sites you’ve visited before.

Journeys clumps together related searches from past browsing sessions.

So far, it sounds like it could be a much more viable solution than digging through your search history for that one site you kind of remember visiting three weeks ago. If you were knee-deep in research about axolotls, you should see all the related pages you accessed in Journeys whenever you type in the creature’s name at a later date. The Journeys page will prominently display the sites you’ve spent more time on and will also provide suggestions based on what you’ve searched for.

Google notes that you can delete specific sites included in your Journeys, erase entire chunks of your history, as well as turn off the feature altogether. None of it is saved to your Google Account either, so you won’t have to worry about past Journeys haunting your browsing experience on mobile — for now, at least (Google wants to expand it to other devices in the future). It’s currently available on the desktop version of Chrome on all operating systems in English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, and Turkish.

Besides Journeys, Google is also adding a couple of more updates in the form of Chrome Actions and widgets. Chrome Actions are commands you can give Chrome by typing them directly in your address bar — some new ones include “manage settings,” “share this tab,” and “view your Chrome history,” all of which are more convenient than opening and scrolling through Settings. Google offers a full list of Actions on this page .

You can add widgets by long-pressing the Chrome icon and then selecting “widgets.”

Lastly, Google is adding some new widgets for Chrome on Android (that were first spotted in the beta release of Chrome 95 last year ). Two widgets come with the options to conduct a text, voice, Lens, and private search, but they’re in different formats — one is presented with the Chrome address bar on top and four icons below, while the other has a horizontal layout with the address bar to the left of the icons. There’s also a separate widget for Google’s dino game, which is known for appearing when you use Chrome in offline mode. Google says you can add widgets by long-pressing on Chrome’s icon and then selecting “widgets.” It seems like a simple way to run up a quick search or jump over cacti on the fly.

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You can check your browsing history in Chrome. You can also continue browsing what you’ve already started on a desktop or laptop computer, and find related searches.

If you don’t want a record of pages you visited in Chrome, you can delete all or some of your browsing history. If you delete your browsing history, it takes effect on all devices where you're signed in to Chrome and sync your history to your Google Account.

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What your History lists

Your History lists the pages you've visited on Chrome in the last 90 days. It doesn't store: 

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Tip: If you’re signed in to Chrome and sync your history, then your History also shows pages you’ve visited on your synced devices.

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  • Enter keywords for the page you previously visited.
  • Select the page from the list.
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  • To clear everything, select All time .
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  • Check the box next to each item that you want to remove from your History.
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  • In the address bar, enter your search terms.
  • Below your address bar, click Resume browsing .

You can also access the “by group” view directly from the "Chrome History" page:

  • In the “by group” tab, you can select the group you want to review.
  • At the bottom of the page, you can find suggested searches.

Sensitive browsing history may automatically be hidden. You can find these pages through the search box on the History page. For example, if you searched for a health topic and want to revisit it, type the health topic into the search box.

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Google brings a smarter search history page to Chrome

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Google today announced a couple of updates to Chrome that bring, among other things, a new way to resume your past searches in the browser.

This new feature, dubbed “Journeys,” is now rolling out to Chrome on the desktop and will smartly group past searches by topic. The browser will automatically highlight this new experience when you start searching for a related term, or you can head diretly to the new Chrome History Journey page once it’s enabled on your browser.

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“Journeys will even take into account how much you’ve interacted with a site to put the most relevant information front and center, while also bringing you helpful suggestions on related searches you may want to try next,” Yana Yushkina, a product manager on the Chrome team, explains in today’s announcement. 

If you’ve ever started researching something and then had to abort that to work on another project, you know how hard it is to find your way back to the sites you previously visited. Any browser’s history list quickly becomes unwieldy after a while and until now, no browser vendor has really given it a lot of attention. In an increasingly competitive browser market, we’ll likely see vendors continue to innovate in exactly these kinds of areas that were long left untouched.

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Google stresses that users can turn this feature off completely if they are uncomfortable with the browser building these clusters for them. Google says Journeys will only group your history on your device and the clusters are generated on the device. Nothing is saved to your Google account.

These topics, by the way, are completely unrelated to Topics, Google’s latest proposal to replace cookies for advertising purposes. Those Topics group the sites you visited into clusters around about 300 pre-set topics and there’s clearly some overlap in basic functionality here, but a Google spokesperson confirmed to me that they are not connected at all.

This new feature is now rolling out across operating systems in English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese and Turkish.

In addition to Journeys, Google is also introducing more Chrome Actions in the browser. These are features that you can access by using the right kinds of trigger words in the address bar. Some of the new actions include “Manage settings,” “Customize Chrome,” “View your Chrome history,” “Manage accessibility settings,” “Share this tab” and, maybe most importantly, “Play Chrome Dino game.” Fun, but I’m not sure how many people really want to type this much when a few clicks will usually get you to the same destination faster.

For mobile users, Google is introducing a few new Chrome-related widgets on Android today. There’s one to get right to the Dino game, for example (I sense a theme here), while others mostly focus on kicking off a search from your home screen, be that through text, voice search or the visual Lens search feature.

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What you need to know

  • Google rolls out the new Journeys feature for the Chrome desktop browser.
  • Google also enables new Chrome Actions to get more things done from the address bar.
  • New Chrome widgets are rolling out for Android devices for quick access to searches and other features.

Google is finally rolling out Journeys for Chrome desktop browsers, a feature that the company has been testing since October and hopes will enhance your browser history.

Journeys takes your past searches and page visits and groups them together based on the topic. This way, it may be easier to pick up where you left off, whether it was a page you visited today or months ago. Additionally, Google will suggest other relevant searches related to the pages you visited to help you expand your search.

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Google says it considers how often you visit certain sites, so it'll show you the most relevant items first. And users have the freedom to delete individual items, groups of items, or turn the feature off. However, Google notes that Journeys only saves this information on-device, so your history is safe with you.

Journeys is available on the best laptops in English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, and Turkish. Google is looking to expand the feature so you can view Journeys on multiple devices. To access the feature, you can visit the Journeys page in Chrome History or click on "Resume your research" when typing a related term in the Omnibox to pick up where you left off.

Speaking of the address bar, Google is adding more Chrome Actions. For anyone not familiar with how to use Chrome Actions , it's a feature that lets you perform various functions in Chrome without having to dig for certain settings. Now you can perform the following actions just by typing them into your address bar:

  • "Manage settings"
  • "Customize Chrome"
  • "View your Chrome history"
  • "Manage accessibility settings"
  • "Share this tab"
  • "Play Chrome Dino game"

Lastly, Chrome is getting some new widgets that will make it easy to perform a search from your phone's home screen, in case the Google Search bar isn't enough. With it, you'll be able to access Lens, perform a voice search, open an Incognito tab, and even play the Dino Game, if that's your thing.

These new features and widgets should be rolling out now, although Journeys and Chrome Actions are only available on desktop for now. Google says it's looking to expand Chrome Actions to mobile devices and in more languages.

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Google 'Journeys' help you resume previous searches in Chrome

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Ever found yourself immersed in a web search, only to lose track after an interruption? Google thinks it can help. It's introducing a previously teased Journeys feature (shown above) in the latest release of Chrome for desktop that lets you resume searches based on topics. Type a related word or visit the Chrome History Journeys page and you'll see the option to resume your research, complete with associated links and search terms. Return to a vacation search, for instance, and you might see the tourism websites you didn't visit the first time around.

Journeys are rolling out now to all Chrome desktop browsers. They're initially limited to surfers using English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Portugese, Spanish and Turkish.

Other updates are useful even if you've cleared out your search backlog. Chrome Actions should be more useful — you can perform additional browser tasks just by typing them in the address bar, such as "manage settings" and "view your Chrome history." Android users, meanwhile, will see a significantly expanded repertoire of home screen widgets (below) that help you start text, voice and Lens searches. You can even launch Incognito tabs or the offline Dino game. While Android is already well-equipped for search widgets, this should still prove helpful if you routinely use Chrome's special features.

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Google Chrome’s Journeys feature is adding an option to let you hide certain website visits.

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‘Journeys’ is Google’s new take on organizing browsing history on Chrome. You can see your visits to a website or your search for a topic as a cluster called ‘Journey’.

You can resume journeys to continue where you left off. You can also soon add journeys to the new tab page . Today, however, I want to share about a small feature coming to Journeys called hiding visits.

As usual, this new feature also starts with a new flag:

History Journeys Hide Visits : Adds a UI element to hide individual cluster visits in the webUI. – Mac, Windows, Linux, ChromeOS, Fuchsia, Lacros.

You can either use a menu item or a thumbs-down icon to hide certain items from your Chrome history journey.

Hide Chrome Journey

I don’t think many of us would want to keep our browsing history on the new tab page. However, for those who do, I am sure a quick way to remove items will come handy.

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Google Journeys: How to use the tool to organise your searches

by Blathnaid O’Dea

Google Journeys lets you trawl through your search history in a way that could make it easier to find old info or discover new details.

If, like most of the world’s population, you use Google Chrome for work-related research, Google has introduced a new feature called Journeys which you may find useful.

Journeys lets users look back on their search history in an organised way so they don’t have to waste time remembering what they googled in the past.

As well as being a useful productivity tool for workers to save time and brainpower, it may also be a good tool for those of us who are always falling down internet rabbit holes and losing track of the things we encounter on the search engine.

In a nutshell, Journeys lets users see their past searches and nuggets of information they may have found along the way – all grouped together by topic. So, for example, if you have been researching a holiday to France over the past few weeks, the feature can gather a list of relevant sites you visited and help you quickly pick up where you left off.

It’s a fun feature, but it’s also a great productivity tool to save you time when you’re doing research at work. (We don’t endorse researching holidays to France while you’re at work, however.)

Journeys takes into account how much you’ve interacted with a site and looks to put the most relevant info front and centre. It also suggests alternative search options that might be of interest based on what other users have been googling. It can be useful for signposting and suggesting new research avenues if your inspiration has run dry.

The tech giant began testing Journeys last year before launching it in February, and the feature is currently available in English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese and Turkish. Users can access it via Google Chrome on desktop and it is not yet available on mobile devices.

How to use Google Journeys

The feature is very simple to use. To access it, simply open Google Chrome on your desktop and go to the options list in the top right corner of the menu bar.

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Click on the History section and go to All History. Beside the list of websites you visited in chronological order, you should see a Journeys tab. Click on this and you will see a chronological history of your searches – but this time grouped together by topic for easy discoverability.

For example, if you googled ‘how to use Google Journeys’, it will show what websites you visited for info on this topic and gather them on a single card.

Underneath the results you clicked on, it will show suggestions for related searches. These alternative search suggestions open in a new tab when clicked on, which could be helpful for keeping track of existing searches as well as taking research in a different direction.

You can search through your history if you’re looking for a topic that you might have been researching a week ago.

A screenshot showing the Journeys feature on a user’s Chrome browser, gathering together travel information for a trip to Yosemite.

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You can switch between Journeys and the standard chronological history list depending on your preference. You can also delete specific results from Journeys or switch the tool off entirely.

Something to note is that Journeys currently only groups together history on a device and doesn’t save information to your Google account. This means that if you’re accessing multiple devices for work and personal use, for example, your entire search history won’t be available in one place on Journeys.

But Google has said that based on user feedback, it will start looking into the ability to access Journeys across multiple devices, like you would with bookmarks or passwords.

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Google is rolling out a new "Journeys" feature in Chrome that organizes your browser history into categories, and other changes.

Google Chrome is one of the most rapidly-evolving pieces of software in the world, with Google and many other companies contributing to its development. New features are showing up in Chrome on a regular basis, and now Google has announced an addition rolling out to Chrome on the desktop that can help organize your browsing history.

Google announced the 'Journeys' feature in a blog post ( via Android Police ) on Tuesday, which organizes your browsing history into categories with (what Chrome thinks are) the most important pages in a given category/topic highlighted. The company said, "When you type a related word into your search bar and click on “Resume your research” or visit the Chrome History Journeys page, you see a list of relevant sites you visited and can quickly pick up where you left off, whether it was earlier today or weeks ago. Journeys will even take into account how much you’ve interacted with a site to put the most relevant information front and center, while also bringing you helpful suggestions on related searches you may want to try next."

Google is quick to point out the privacy protections built into Journeys. You'll be able to delete individual items or entire clusters of activity, and the organization only occurs on your device — your overall browsing history is still synchronized if you're logged into a Google account, unless you turn that off too. Chrome will also have an option to turn off Journeys, if you don't want to see them at all. The new functionality seems related Google's work on the Topics API , which analyzes your browser history to help websites create targeted advertisements, but Google didn't confirm in its announcement if there was a relation or not.

The Journeys feature is rolling out to Chrome desktop on all platforms in English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese and Turkish. Google is also rolling out a few other features for everyone that were already available in tests, such as additional Chrome Actions (like "Share this tab" and "View your Chrome history") and the Material You widgets on Android .

Unraveling Chrome History: A Quick Guide to Your Web Adventures

Are you looking to find your browsing history in Chrome? Viewing Chrome history can help you revisit previously accessed websites, manage your digital footprint, and better control your online activities. Imagine the convenience of quickly locating that important website without having to search through bookmarks or rely on memory. In this tutorial, I’ll show how to access and manage your Chrome history.

What Does Chrome History Contain?

When you use Google Chrome or other Google products, a log entry reflects your actions, such as a web query. You might think of Google’s web history as an online audit trail of your web activity. Although it doesn’t store page contents, it captures the URL, favicon, page title, and timestamp of pages you’ve viewed.

Google presents saved data in many ways. Based on your Chrome browser version and options, you’ll have the following:

  • A chronological list from your synced devices.
  • A tab showing browsing history from other devices. 
  • A “Journeys” view that groups together similar content. This optional feature is being rolled out.

This info also feeds into Google’s Takeout service , which exports huge amounts of data, including entire search history, from all their product and services. The exported files are in a JSON file format and require another tutorial.

Chrome History Tab – The Chronological List

Search Bar Command: chrome://history/ or @history

This is the view most people know. Google organizes your data by access time and includes any synced devices and search queries. Therefore, everyone will have different items. This view also depends on your Google Activity Control settings .

And depending on your account settings, you might see activity from other devices, such as cell phones, tablets, and authorized apps . This feature does require you to turn sync on in Chrome .

This view lets you act on specific line items using the More options menu (3 vertical dots) or the checkbox before each item. However, you can’t tell which device was used. This is an aggregated view. This can be handy if you start a search on one device, such as a cell phone, and then continue on a desktop.

For example, in the screen capture below, you can’t tell that the highlighted Wordle reference was done on a cell phone. 

Chrome history with phone entry highlighted.

Tabs from other devices

Search Bar command : chrome://history/syncedTabs

This view shows your browser history from other devices. For example, the screen snap below shows activity from a cell phone, another PC, and Chromebook. 

In the Tabs from other devices , you can’t delete individual pages from your browsing history. The More options menu allows two options. You can open all the items in a new browser window or hide the group section. Alternatively, you can collapse the group that leaves the device name and time reference.

Browser history from other devices.

Chrome Journeys Tab View

Search Bar Command : chrome://history/journeys

This recent addition Google started rolling out in February of 2022 for the Chrome desktop version. The view further organizes your browsing history. Instead of seeing each page on a dedicated line, Google topically contains the data. This becomes quite powerful if you need to resume a search or don’t recall the details. 

In the screenshot below, you can see Google has organized my browsing history in a view that starts with my search query. For example, one query [A] was to see if the NY Times Wirecutter had done any ceiling fan reviews. Based on that starting point, I jumped off to several vendor pages. Google has also added some pill search boxes for Related searches .

A similar grouping occurred for a previous search [B] where I was trying to describe the ceiling fan I wanted to research.

Chrome web journeys history list.

In addition, you can use the text box at the top to filter your history results. In the example below, I applied the search term “analytics.” You’ll also see that I can take additional actions on a Journeys group. 

Chrome Journeys filtered by search query.

Supposedly with Journeys, I should see a “ Resume your research ” if I do a similar search. However, I’m not seeing that yet. I can only see that data by clicking Journeys once I’m in the search history. 

Browser History: Good, Bad & Ugly

I guess that people who didn’t realize web browsers capture this info might be alarmed. It was a bit unsettling when someone showed me my search activity for the first time. The flip side is that Chrome Journeys should make resuming searches easier, so you don’t need to repeat steps. And Google also uses some of your activities to personalize items in your Discovery feed . 

One important note is that Google Chrome is one of many browsers that records your web history. Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Edge do as well. The example below is from Microsoft Edge, which logged my voice queries to Cortana and an errant click on my desktop screensaver. In neither case did I have that browser open. 

Cortana voice searches

Google Search History Flow

Even though your history contains more than your Google searches, I wanted to point out how data search queries can flow between browsers. So it doesn’t matter if you’re on Chrome, Firefox, or which one is your default browser. 

For example, the Google search I did for graduation gifts was done using Google Chrome while I was logged in. If I go to Mozilla Firefox, log in to Google, and then click in the search textbox, I can see my previous search queries. They are conveniently carried over.

Google search queries carried over.

If you don’t want Google to save these search queries, use Chrome’s Incognito mode or your browser’s private viewing.  And if your company or school manages your browser, they may have additional tools that monitor activities.

Notice indicating Chrome browser is managed.

If you’re unsure your Chrome browser is managed, type chrome://management/ in the address bar. 

How to View Chrome History 

You can see your web history based on device type or shortcut keys.

For Desktop

  • Open Google Chrome on your desktop.
  • Press Ctrl + h . You will be at chrome://history.

For mobile devices and tablets

  • Open the Chrome app.

Chrome Address Bar Options

The following works on most devices, although I could not get this to work on Chrome on my iPad. 

In your Chrome address bar, type chrome://history/

Chrome Actions

Google also built a Chrome action. You can type key phrases in the Chrome address bar instead of navigating through various menu settings. All you need to do is type view your Chrome history in the address bar.

Chrome action to view history.

You should then see a pill button labeled “ View your Chrome history .”

How to Delete Chrome History

Google has provided several options for people to remove data. For example, you can selectively check items and delete them from your web history. This is a useful feature around holidays when maybe you don’t want tracks left at online retailers or search engines. But, of course, you can also delete all the history.

Removing Some Items

It could be that you’re just worried about some entries. In that case, you might want to use the search box at the top and isolate your entry. The tool does a good job of looking through the page titles and URLs for your term(s). You can then tick the checkbox to the left of the items and click Delete toward the toolbar’s top right.

Checking history items for deletion.

Another way to remove items is by using the 3 vertical dots to the right of each entry. When you click the dots, you’ll get two additional menu items:

  • More from this site
  • Remove from history

More from this site menu.

Using “More from this site” acts as a filter. It will place the domain name in the search bar and show the results. Again, you’ll have to check the box for each item to delete. The option Remove from history works well on single items.

How to Delete a Group of Items 

If your Chrome browser has the Journeys feature, it provides another way to delete a group of items. For example, if you click the More Options 3 dot menu, you’ll see a menu item to Remove all from history . 

Also, note that this Journey has more pages that don’t show as indicated by the Show more button. Clicking the Remove all from history option will also delete those Journey pages I can’t see. Unfortunately, Google does not count how many pages will be removed.

Show more link for more journeys history.

How to Delete All Chrome History

The steps below are for deleting all your data. However, I’d do this in stages if you’ve never done this. For example, maybe start with just deleting your Browsing history. If you delete everything, you may have to authenticate with your websites again, mainly if you use 2-factor authorization .

  • Open your Google Chrome browser.
  • Sign in to your account.
  • Press Ctrl + h .
  • From the left side, click Clear browsing data .

Clear browsing data menu.

A new browser tab and a dialog will open with various options. Your browser address will show chrome://settings/clearBrowserData

Clear browsing data options with callouts.

[A] – There are two modes, Basic and Advanced, that achieve the same results. The Advanced view is more granular.

[B] – This Time range setting allows you to select a deletion period ranging from Last Hour to All time.

[C] – You can select the type of data to delete.

[D] – Infobox that links out to other Google help pages.

[E] – Clear data button.

[F] – Syncing reminder and the Google account used.

  • Keep the Time range: All time.
  • Tick each checkbox for Browsing history , Cookies , and Cached images and files .
  • Click the blue Clear Data button.

Your data should be gone, and you’ll be on chrome://settings/ .

Finding More Details on a Google Search Query

Although the History tab view is excellent, it doesn’t include all data. For example, this view doesn’t capture the location of the search query or device. There may be situations where you want to know these details before deleting an item. The My Activity section offers a small Details button.

Details button on My Activity item.

In the screen snap below, you can see the additional location and device fields. If I were to click the View general area link, I would get a Google map with my approximate location. And I’ve only seen the device info shown from my Android phone, Windows 11 desktop, and Chromebook. It shows Unknown Device when I use my Windows 10 desktop or iPad.

Search query details.

The number of details will differ based on your activity settings. In my case, I opted to enable Web & App activity except for audio recordings. I find the data can be helpful. However, I turned off Location History and YouTube history .

  • Go to https://myactivity.google.com/myactivity .
  • Click Manage My Activity verification .

Manage My Activity verification .

  • The Manage My Activity verification dialog appears
  • Toggle the Require extra verification radio button.
  • Click Save .
  • Login using your Google password.

Deleting from a Phone

I realize that some people may not have a computer but a cell phone. However, you can still delete your browsing data. The method below will take you to the Advanced method, which provides more options, including cached images and files.

  • Open up the Chrome app on your phone.
  • From the top right corner, click the 3 dot menu.
  • From the drop-down menu, select Settings toward the bottom.
  • On the Settings panel, click Privacy and security .
  • From the Privacy and security panel, click Clear browsing data .
  • On the Clear browsing data panel, click Advanced .
  • Set your Time range for deletion. It will show All time by default , but you can adjust it.
  • Tick the checkbox for each group you’d like to delete.
  • Click the blue Clear data button.

Deleting from an iPad

Apple thinks differently regarding the iPad, although the process is straightforward.

  • Open the Chrome app on your iPad.
  • Click the 3 horizontal dots in the upper right corner.
  • From the drop-down menu, click History .
  • Click the red Clear Browsing Data… link at the bottom of the History pop-up.
  • Set your Time Range at the top of the screen. By default, it will show as All Time with all groups enabled.
  • Click on a group to disable it.
  • Click the red Clear Browsing Data link at the bottom.
  • Click again to confirm the deletion.
  • Click Done in the top right.

This tutorial outlined multiple ways to view or delete your browsing history. Whether you are looking to see exactly what web pages you’ve been visiting or want to resume a previous search query, we hope this helped you.

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How to clear your browser cache and cookies

  • Clear your browser cache regularly to improve browsing speed and online experience.
  • In Chrome, you can press CTRL+SHIFT+DEL to delete cache easily in seconds.
  • We also go over how to clear your cache in Firefox and Edge.

A slow browser can be needlessly frustrating when you had no problems before. Pages taking a long time to load, videos failing to stream, and more can all make browsing the web a drag. This only gets worse if you are experiencing sluggishness on a work computer.

While there can be multiple reasons for a browser getting bogged down, an easy solution tends to be clearing your cache and cookies. If you have no idea what those terms mean or how to even start the process of clearing them, no worries. I have made sure to make it as simple and intuitive as possible for you to get your browser functioning like new again in no time.

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Why should you clear your browser cache.

When you visit a website, your browser will automatically save certain information. If you visit a site regularly, this can be useful as caching can help the site load quickly and provide a better user experience. Images, videos, and certain parts of a site may be cached to assist with load speeds.

At the same time, cookies save your specific user data, which can be helpful if you're using a site that allows you to log into an account. Cookies are also used to help show you relevant adverts and tailor your experience on the site you're on and across the web.

If you clear your cache and delete your cookies, this information is deleted, which can have knock-on effects. Sites you've previously visited may now load more slowly, and you'll also need to re-enter login information even on sites that previously remembered you.

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How to clear your cache in chrome, press ctrl+shift+del or go to settings.

If you're using Chrome, it's really easy to clear your browser cache in seconds. The quickest way to do that is by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+DEL at the same time. This will take you straight to the settings you need to delete your cache and cookies.

Otherwise, you can access the cache settings from the Chrome menu:

  • Click the three dots menu icon on the top right of the screen.
  • Look for the option marked "more tools."
  • Open that and click "clear browsing data."
  • Then, you have access to the tools you need to clear the cache.

From these settings, you can clear various things in a specific time range. It defaults to 24 hours, but you can also select to clear the last seven days, four weeks of browsing history, or all time. You can also choose just to clear your browsing history, just the cookies, just cached images and files, or all of the above.

If you need to clean more aggressively, then click on the advanced tab to delete other things like auto-fill form data, site settings, and more.

It's worth noting that if you use your account to sync data across multiple browsers and machines, this process will delete those too. So, you'll need to sign out of your account on Chrome first before you do this.

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How to clear your cache in firefox, go to browser settings.

Clearing your cache on Firefox is fairly similar to doing it with Chrome. The option to clear your cache is in the browser's settings.

To access these settings:

  • First, click the burger menu on the browser and click on settings .
  • Look for "Privacy & Security" on the left-hand side menu.
  • Then look for the section marked "cookies and site data."
  • Click on "clear data," then select what you want to clear.
  • Click "Clear."

You can also set Firefox to automatically delete your cache every time you close it. The settings for this are under "privacy & security" and then under "history" . Select that, and you won't have any history saved.

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How to clear your cache in microsoft edge, go to your history.

Clearing your cache in Edge is a bit different, as it is buried a bit behind other settings. To find it:

  • Click the three dots menu button on the top right.
  • Click on "history."
  • Then click the three dots menu in the new history window.
  • Then click "clear browsing data."
  • You then have the option to clear various things.

As with Chrome, this browser gives you the ability to choose different time frames, including the last hour, last 24 hours, last seven days, last four weeks, and all time.

You can then select to clear your cache, cookies, browsing history, passwords, and more. Select what you want to delete and then click "clear now."

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Q: is there an alternative to clearing cache.

As an alternative to clearing your cache, if you're having problems with a particular page you're browsing, then there's a much easier thing to try first.

This is essentially forcing a hard refresh of the page you're looking at. You already know that you can reload the page you're on by clicking the reload button on the browser bar. This likely won't solve your problem, though. So, what you need is a hard refresh. This completely refreshes the page you're on, including clearing the cache for that particular page.

This is not sitewide, so it will only help with one page and not an entire site if there's a bigger problem, but in most cases, it works perfectly. There are various ways to do this:

  • On Windows: If you're using a Windows machine, press CTRL and click the reload button or press CTRL+F5 at the same time. If that doesn't work, press CTRL+SHIFT+R.
  • On Mac: When using Safari on a Mac, click SHIFT and the reload button or for other browsers, press CMD+SHIFT+R.

Q: Does clearing my cache and cookies affect my saved passwords and bookmarks?

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With the Discover it ® Student Cash Back you can earn 5% cash back on everyday purchases at different places you shop each quarter like grocery stores, restaurants, gas stations, and more, up to the quarterly maximum when you activate. With the Discover it ® Student Chrome you can earn 2% Cashback Bonus ® at Gas Stations and Restaurants on up to $1,000 in combined purchases each quarter, automatically. Plus, earn unlimited 1% cash back on all other purchases 1 on both cards.

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For many American Jews protesting for Palestinians, activism is a journey rooted in their Jewish values

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In April 2024, during Passover, a group of American rabbis approached a border crossing in Israel. Affiliated with Rabbis for Ceasefire , the group joined Jewish Israeli activists attempting to deliver food to Gazans.

It had been seven months since Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack and Israel’s subsequent assault on Gaza.

One of the American rabbis told reporters at Democracy Now! that this was the only way she could imagine marking Passover, a holiday that celebrates the story of liberation from oppression and slavery. Marching to the gates of Gaza with food for starving Palestinians was consistent with Passover’s imperative to invite the hungry to every table.

As of April 2, 62% of American Jews believe Israel has responded to Hamas’ attack in an “acceptable” way . Yet that support drops to 52% among U.S. Jews ages 18-34, with 42% saying Israel’s response has been “unacceptable,” according to Pew Research Center polling.

Many of those young people are involved in the variety of Jewish organizations that have mobilized for a cease-fire since October, such as IfNotNow and Jewish Voice for Peace. Public attention has focused on campus protests, which included many Jewish students – I am a member of Faculty for Justice in Palestine , which formed in response to concerns about freedom of speech for U.S. students mobilizing for Palestinian rights.

But as a peace and religion scholar , I know that some U.S. Jews’ involvement in Palestinian solidarity movements began years before the current war. In my ethnographic research , which included in-depth interviews and participant observation work, activists emphasized that they were inspired to act because of their Jewish identity and values, not in spite of them.

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Journey toward activism

Many interviewees came to activism for Palestinian rights after wrestling with how to square their beliefs and ideals with the reality of Israeli policies they do not support – policies that they feel are often invoked in their name.

My 2019 book , “Days of Awe,” examines American Jewish critics of Israeli policy and Zionism – support for a Jewish state in the Middle East. Some activists focused on the Palestinian territories Israel has occupied since 1967, which they consider a departure from the country’s ideals as a Jewish democracy. Others found themselves in complete disagreement with the idea of Zionism, given how the creation of the new state necessitated Palestinian displacement .

Their activism has taken different shapes: from protests in the West Bank against the occupation, to forming anti-Zionist synagogues in the U.S., to rewriting Jewish liturgy to reflect solidarity with Palestinians and other oppressed people.

For example, one interviewee in his mid-20s shared an experience from a 2008 Birthright trip to Israel, a free tour designed to strengthen young Americans’ connection with the country. The trip coincided with Operation Cast Lead in Gaza, which lasted about three weeks and resulted in about a dozen Israeli deaths, approximately 1,400 Palestinian deaths and thousands of people displaced .

A tour guide was reluctant to respond to the young man’s questions about the conflict. This prompted the student, upon his return to campus in the U.S., to read about the Palestinian experiences of the Nakba – meaning “Catastrophe” in Arabic – of 1948, the year the state of Israel was established, when hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were forced off their lands or fled.

This interviewee and others say their journeys toward activism began because their understanding of Jewish values was inconsistent with what Israel was doing in the name of Jews’ safety. It was also a journey of “unlearning” or critique – challenging narratives that emphasize the concept of Jewish return to Israel or that downplay Palestinian displacement.

They were tapping into Jewish tradition in new ways – what I refer to as “ critical caretaking .”

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Take IfNotNow, an American Jewish group opposed to Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories. The movement was born during the 2014 Israel-Hamas War, when a group of young Jews organized a public recitation of the mourner’s kaddish , the Jewish prayer for the dead. By reciting both Jewish and Palestinian victims’ names, they hoped to use Jewish tradition to challenge the devaluation of Palestinian lives.

When I asked Rebekah – a pseudonym for a college student in the American South whom I interviewed for my book – how she understood her Jewishness , she told me: “I have always maintained that the basis for my activism was my Jewish ideals, the radical equality I had absorbed at home.”

Shadow of history

For Rebekah and many other American Jews, the cultural memory of the Holocaust, and the common refrain “Never Again,” inspires their activism for Palestinian rights.

“Growing up in Hebrew schools, you grow up with the nightmarish Holocaust films,” she stressed. “The conclusion of this education should have been clear: ‘You can’t do it to another group of people!’”

This lesson is reflected in the cry “ Never again to anyone ,” heard at demonstrations over the past few months.

Another interviewee likewise asserted that her solidarity with Palestinians is grounded in the legacy of the Holocaust: “For me, understanding the Holocaust was hard because of the enormity of it – it happened because masses of people made a conscious decision to do nothing. I didn’t want to do nothing.”

For these interviewees, discriminatory or violent policies contradict their understanding of Jewish values, which they assert by standing in solidarity with Palestinians.

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Another interviewee told me: “I consider myself a spiritual Jew. I am able to separate Zionism from Judaism and I believe in equality. Because I am Jewish, I protest – I am informed by values of humanism, which is the main framework for organizing. The experience of doing solidarity work actually strengthened my Jewish identity. … My Judaism translates into my commitment to uphold universal humanist values.”

Here and now

In 2017, several dozen Americans gathered with other activists in the southern hills of Hebron, in the West Bank. They established what they called a “sumud” camp – a Palestinian concept denoting steadfastness – to protest the Israeli military’s decision to declare the area a “closed military zone,” meaning Palestinians must leave.

The activists wore shirts exclaiming “Occupation is Not My Judaism.” Occupation, they say, dehumanizes Palestinians and Jews alike – so they are seeking their own liberation, too. Therefore, their “critical caretaking” is not just about underscoring what Judaism is not. It is also about rewriting what they believe Judaism is.

For example, many of these organizations decenter Zionism’s role in Jewish texts and liturgies . Rather than emphasizing the idea that the “Jewish home” is in the historical region of Palestine and Israel, some emphasize “doykayt ,” Yiddish for “hereness”: the concept that Jews’ true home is wherever they are in the world.

Doykayt is just one example of how these activists embrace often-overlooked aspects of Jewish history, including marginalized voices such as Arab Jews and Ethiopian Jews, as they discover new ways to live their Jewish values. Through their activism, they are trying to convey their understanding that Jews cannot be free until Palestinians are free .

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Star Trek’s George Takei shares his journey ‘From Internment to Stardom’

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Actor, writer and activist George Takei is known for his role as Hikaru Sulu in the original Star Trek series, and has also spoken openly about his experience in an internment camp as a Japanese American during World War II.

He was recently in New Hampshire as a visiting fellow at Dartmouth College, where he gave a talk called “From Internment to Stardom.”

Takei spoke with NHPR’s All Things Considered host Julia Furukawa about his experience during the war and his ongoing activism. Below is a transcript of their conversation.

George, you've written and spoken about your family's experience during World War II. You were just four years old when you were taken from your Los Angeles home and imprisoned at an Arkansas internment camp for Japanese Americans. How did that shape your identity as an American as you grew up?

Well, as you can imagine, it was a very formative period of my life. Five years old to eight and a half years old. I mean, Japanese Americans are a small minority. And I had it forcefully embedded in me that we are a hated minority. And certainly that was true not only during the time that we were behind barbed wire fences, but when we returned to Los Angeles. Nothing had changed just because the war was over. The hatred was still intense. I had a teacher that constantly called me the ‘little Jap boy,’ and on the playground she would pick me out to scold. And I remember how tightly and roughly she grabbed my arm and pulled me about. And I knew that she hated me, and I hated her right back. So I came back into a society that let me know that we were hated.

George, you faced a lot of discrimination and hate when you came back to your community, but over the course of your lifetime, you got a major role on Star Trek, and you were greeted with many fans and a lot of love. What was that transition like for you?

I was always conscious of my differences. I’d see other Asian roles played by other Asian actors, and they were usually stereotypical: either buffoons or villains. So even in the arena of my aspiration, there were no real heroes for me to aspire to, except when I went to Japanese films where I saw heroic roles being played by people that looked like me. So it was a constant reminder that it is a struggle. And of course, my father wanted me to be an architect. But here I am, passionately, wanting to be an actor. Those constraining forces [were] always around me.

More than 125,000 Japanese Americans were interned during World War II. Do you think Americans know enough about this part of our history? Are we talking enough about it in history classes or at home?

I'm always shocked when I share my history, my childhood imprisonment, with other people, Americans, and they are aghast that such a thing happened in the United States. And that is one of our weaknesses, I think, because I think there's so much to learn from the imprisonment of innocent people, simply based on race. For so many Americans to be ignorant of that history of America, I mean, the lessons from my childhood imprisonment underscores the importance of that lesson for our times today.

As the years pass, fewer and fewer people who lived through Japanese American internment are still with us. What can we do to keep these stories alive?

I have been writing about it, and we put together a Broadway musical titled ‘Allegiance’ about it, and I've taken it as my mission in life to inform other Americans of that chapter of American history, because it's so relevant to America today.

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Reliving History – Chrome Memories will cluster your browser activity into ‘Journeys’

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Not long ago, we detailed something called Chrome Memories that had the potential to replace your browser’s History page, Google Activity, and more all in one fell swoop. It seemed that as it worked on this tool internally, Google was positioning it as a potential replacement or revamp of History at the very least. We saw a page with ‘Memories’ as its title and a ‘Search memories’ box as well as search suggestions, tab groups and bookmarks, and more.

Not long afterward, another tool called Assistant Memory popped up and was much more visually and functionally fleshed out. It featured a section that looked and acted like Google Collections but called them memories, had suggestion cards like those found in Assistant Snapshot and even had suggestion chips for ‘Read Later’, ‘Important’, and more.

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All of this cumulatively pointed to a unified solution for Google Account holders to save and revisit web content. Google Collections, Reminders, Assistant, Reading List, History, account activity, and more would all finally be in one place. Honestly, this makes a ton of sense, and all signs show that this is in the cards for the future of Google services.

With that being said, you can start to see how the traditional History page in Chrome is antiquated, can’t you? One place for all of your website history in the browser simply no longer does justice to the multitude of ways that users access and make use of data. Therefore, it stands to reason that we are looking at a future solution that brings everything together in one cohesive package – Memories.

Be they from Chrome, Assistant, or elsewhere, this term – ‘Memories’ is becoming more widely used by the Search giant, likely in an effort to brand this very important task of recalling information in a more friendly and more relatable way in regards to both its human users and its desire to humanize AI and machine learning. Today, the Chrome developer flag known as ‘Memories’ from which all of our previous findings have spawned now reads with a new URL.

Memories Enables chrome://history/journeys. – Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS, Android #memories

You’ll notice that enabling this and visiting the History page in Chrome now reveals a ‘Journeys’ tab on the left-hand sidebar. Instead of loading a separate page called Memories, visiting chrome://memories is now a dead end, and all of its contents are being poured into the new chrome://history/journeys page. While I’m no longer seeing the aforementioned Tab Groups and other cards, these ‘Journeys’ – previously referred to as ‘History Clusters’ internally, seem to be a new way of grouping your browser activity based on keywords or other related data.

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Check out my browser history for ‘Chrome Unboxed’ (I thought that would be fitting!). This is one small example of groupings where one item has several sub-items using smaller, indented text. In most other cases, the items were not from the same website, but rather from other sites with either the same or similar content. I’ve seen this type of grouping on Google News with its full coverage button, but never with personal data.

Needless to say, since many of the elements previously found on Chrome Memories are not present on this new History page, and other code is showing next to each item above like its score, the user’s visit duration, and more, it’s clear that we’re quite a ways off from a publicly available and unified solution that merges all of these new and exciting tools – Reading list, Collections, Assistant, and more – with the same types of user data found on the Google Activity page.

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Week in Review: May 31, 2024

In this issue of Week in Review for May 31, 2024: ARC celebrates graduation at Corcoran; Victim services visits CSP-Los Angeles County for Pathway to Progress; and High Desert participates in Every 15 Minutes program.

Rehabilitation

COR celebrates ARC graduates

Anti-Recidivism Coalition celebrates Corcoran graduation

A total of 64 Anti-Recidivism Coalition (ARC) program graduates were celebrated at California State Prison, Corcoran.

The program empowers formally and currently incarcerated people to thrive by providing a support network, comprehensive services, opportunities to advocate for policy change, and to be of service in their communities. 

Upward Mobility

Carlos Arce has been assigned as acting Warden at Salinas Valley State Prison.

Christian Pfeiffer has been assigned as acting Warden at Wasco State Prison.

Patwin Horn has been assigned as acting Warden at Kern Valley State Prison.

Mary Comperini, Psy.D. , has been assigned as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Health Care (Safety) at California Men’s Colony.

In the Community

High desert participates in every 15 minutes program.

HDSP at Lassn High school for every 15 minutes

High Desert State Prison’s Investigative Services Unit transported incarcerated person Saeturn to Lassen High School for their Every 15 Minutes program.

Saeturn spoke in front of approximately 300 students, teachers, community, and family members.

Every 15 Minutes is a two-day program, focusing on high school juniors and seniors. The program challenges students to think about drinking, driving, personal safety, the responsibility of making mature decisions, and the impact their decisions have on family, friends, their community, and many others.

“It only takes one minute, one second of making a bad choice to change the rest of your life, and someone else’s life,” said Saeturn.

“We understand a lot of Every 15 Minutes is simulated, but seeing a convicted person here is real and has a lasting effect on your way of thinking,” said one Lassen High School student.

Male Community Reentry Program, Long Beach, celebrates Mother’s Day

MCRP participant with Mother and Father

Fifteen participants from the Male Community Reentry Program, Long Beach, participated in a Mother’s Day breakfast. The breakfast took place at restaurant in Paramount.

Various staff members from within the reentry program, along with Parole Agent Quesada, assisted in transportation, coordinating, and overseeing the event. 

The breakfast gave participants an opportunity to reunite with their mothers and loved ones to celebrate Mother’s Day. 

In Our Institutions

Office of victim and survivor rights and services (ovsrs).

OVSRS at LAC for program support

OVSRS visits California State Prison, Los Angeles County for Pathway to Progress

California State Prison, Los Angeles County’s hosted a Pathway to Progress program. Office of Victim and Survivor Rights and Services (OVSRS) staff participated in the program providing the incarcerated population with restitution resources.

Participants were able to access a wide range of services aimed at supporting individuals on their journey to a brighter future including job readiness programs, educational resources, and mental health support.

San Quentin Rehabilitation Center hosts OVSRS for tour

OVSRS staff had the opportunity to tour San Quentin Rehabilitation Center led by Associate Warden Eric Patao.

The tour included the condemned unit with its remaining incarcerated awaiting transfer to other institutions as part of the Condemned Inmate Transfer Program (CITP) .

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Staff were also able to see one of the dining halls where previously incarcerated person Alfredo Santos painted the murals.

In addition, the tour included seeing San Quentin Rehabilitation Center’s puppy-training program facilitated by the incarcerated persons who spoke about what it takes to train the canines.

The historical facts of San Quentin Rehabilitation Center made this tour unique as well as the invaluable insight of the types of programs available for the incarcerated population at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center.

(See a photo timeline of San Quentin published in 2021, prior to the name change.)

A key area for the incarcerated population to positively transition] to the community is family: reunification and support. Those individuals who have a strong family support system are more likely to succeed in reintegrating back into society. 

The event was filled with lots of smiles, and the opportunity for the participants to begin working towards positive relationships within their families. 

GARE visits CHCF

California Health Care Facility hosts Government Alliance on Race and Equity

California Health Care Facility in Stockton hosted the Government Alliance on Race and Equity (GARE) Steering Committee for their monthly meeting.

The committee was fortunate enough to receive a tour of the facility including the Puppy Program, Canine Companions for Independence.

COR celebrates nurses week

Nurse’s Week celebrated at Corcoran

California State Prison, Corcoran, recently celebrated National Nurses Week at the institution.  Thank you banners, food, and gifts were provided to show appreciation for the medical staff. 

Senator Kelly Seyarto speaks with incarcerated at CRC

California Rehabilitation Center hosts legislative tours

California Rehabilitation Center (CRC) in Norco hosted Senator Kelly Seyarto and his executive team at the institution.

Senator Seyarto was interested to learn more about the institution and their contributions to public safety.

Warden Glen Pratt and his team took the opportunity to highlight their recent achievements, rehabilitative endeavors, and vision in making CRC what it is today.

The senator and his team toured the institution venturing into housing units, speaking with incarcerated people about their programming experiences and needs. The incarcerated population expressed their appreciation for the institution’s programming efforts highlighting their rehabilitative achievements and educational milestones.

They presented college degrees and career technical education certificates they obtained while at CRC.

The tour ended with Warden Pratt discussing additional progressive forthcoming rehabilitative efforts and CRC’s mission contributing to safer communities through education and rehabilitation.

CHCF hosts 2024 staff appreciation barbecue

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California Health Care Facility (CHCF) celebrated National Correctional Officers Week, Teacher Appreciation Week, and National Nurses Week by hosting a staff appreciation barbecue.

CHCF’s Executive Management team and supervisors organized the event and served food to approximately 2,700 employees throughout the institution.

Managers arrived at the institution in the early morning hours and stayed past midnight as they fired-up the grills for CHCF cookout.

They served cheeseburgers, chips, desserts, and beverages to all second, third, and first watch staff.

California Correctional Supervisors Organization Headquarters and the local California Correctional Peace Officers Association also attended the barbecue, passing out swag and mingling with staff.

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In this issue of Week in Review for May 31, 2024: ARC celebrates graduation at COR, OVSRS visits LAC for Pathway to Progress program, and HDSP participates in local high school Every 15 Minutes program.

CCI graduates with mentor trainer

In this issue of Week in Review for May 24, 2024: CSP-Solano’s Officer Berry visits local elementary school, CCJBH honors Mental Health Awareness Month, and the Correctional Training Facility celebrates recent program graduates.

California State Prison, Solano, staff at peace officer memorial ceremony.

Week in Review: May 17, 2024

In this issue of Week in Review for May 17, 2024: Three CDCR institutions attend the Peace Officers Memorial in Solano County, the Honor Guard from CIW represent CDCR at the Peace Officers Memorial at the Capitol, Mule Creek hosts annual Fun Run, and CCHCS Celebrates National Nurses Week.

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Week in Review: May 10, 2024

In this Week in Review for May 10, 2024, CDCR celebrates Correctional Officers, Public Service, Teachers, and Nurses appreciation weeks; DAPO attends Cinco de Mayo celebration; and Folsom hosts movie night.

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Week in Review: May 3, 2024

In this Week in Review for May 3, 2024, CMF Bring Your Kids to Work Day and High Desert State Prison donates $1,400 to Lassen High School.

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Week in Review: April 26, 2024

In this Week in Review for April 26, 2024, CDCR observes World Day of Safety & Health at Work, ‘The 50’ film screened with the department, and Mule Creek unites to support staff.

COMMENTS

  1. Google Chrome Reinvents Your Browser History as "Journeys"

    Essentially, Journeys takes the websites in your browser history and groups them based on topics. So, if you're in the middle of doing some research and you need to get up and walk away, Chrome will group those websites together so you can go back and pick up where you left off with a simple search. This is definitely easier than just a list of ...

  2. Chrome Journeys: Everything you need to know

    Here's how to find Journeys: On your desktop, open Chrome. At the top-right corner of your screen, tap the overflow (three-dot) menu. From there, hover over History and click History in the new ...

  3. What is Google Chrome's Journeys and how to use it

    Chrome Journeys allows users to go back to that last website they visited and continue their search from there. [Related: Google Chrome finally found a replacement for cookies] Google uses its ...

  4. What is Google Chrome Journeys, and how do you use it?

    How to use Google Chrome Journeys. 1. Open the Google Chrome browser on your desktop computer. 2. Click on History. 3. Go to Show Full History. 4. Select the Journeys tab to the right of List at ...

  5. How to Use Journeys on Google Chrome

    On Mac: Command + Y. On Linux: CTRL + H. Inside the History page, click on the Journeys tab at the top adjacent to List. You should see all the topics you ever searched for on Google Chrome on this desktop. If you wish to access the Journeys feature directly on Google Chrome, enter the following address " chrome://history/journeys " inside ...

  6. Chrome Journeys let you revisit your old Google rabbit holes

    Google Chrome is rolling out Journeys, a feature that lets you revisit your old browsing sessions based on the subject matter you were searching for. If you type a word in the address bar that's ...

  7. Google adds Journeys to Chrome: search your history by topic

    See terms. How it works. Working off of Google's "travel" example, there are two ways to use Journeys in Chrome: Option 1. Type a topic (e.g., "travel") into your search bar and click on ...

  8. Check & delete your Chrome browsing history

    Click History History. Find a page from your history. On your computer, open Chrome. In the address bar, enter @history. Press tab or space. You can also click Search History in the suggestions. Enter keywords for the page you previously visited. Select the page from the list. Delete your history.

  9. How to Use Google Chrome's New Journeys Feature

    Open Chrome on your desktop. Go to the setting menu from the upper right corner. Then, go to the History section. Next, click "History." After which, go to "All history." Then, select the ...

  10. Google brings a smarter search history page to Chrome

    This new feature, dubbed "Journeys," is now rolling out to Chrome on the desktop and will smartly group past searches by topic. The browser will automatically highlight this new experience ...

  11. Google Chrome: How to view history as "Journeys"

    Chrome has a new feature that allows you to view your browsing history as a series of "Journeys". Each Journey is a group of related web pages. Video shows h...

  12. Your Chrome History will become more visual with easily identifiable

    Credit: Leopeva64 on Twitter History Journeys Images. Enables Images for the History Journeys UI. - Mac, Windows, Linux, ChromeOS, Fuchsia, Lacros. #history-journeys-images

  13. Chrome Journeys and Side Panel will help you compare search ...

    It's only been a week since Chrome's history clusters, or 'Journeys' began appearing on the Canary channel, and now, Google has released a new development blog post detailing it as an ...

  14. Chrome History Journeys begin appearing in the unified Side Panel

    Revamp the side panel experience. - Mac, Windows, Linux, ChromeOS, Fuchsia, Lacros. #unified-side-panel. At this time, clicking the Journeys button in the dropdown of the side panel does nothing ...

  15. Chrome gives your search history more context with new Journeys feature

    Google is looking to expand the feature so you can view Journeys on multiple devices. To access the feature, you can visit the Journeys page in Chrome History or click on "Resume your research ...

  16. Google 'Journeys' help you resume previous searches in Chrome

    Type a related word or visit the Chrome History Journeys page and you'll see the option to resume your research, complete with associated links and search terms. Return to a vacation search, for ...

  17. Chrome's 'Journeys' Will Now Be Called 'Groups'

    The regular history is organized in dates. Journeys, will be history orgainzed as 'groups'. chrome://history/journeys will be changed to chrome://history/2. On the omnibox/addressbar, the 'Resume Journey' will now read 'Resume Browsing'. All these changes will be available behind a new experimental flag 'Rename History Journeys'

  18. How to Disable Google Chrome 'Journeys' and 'Resume Your Journey'

    Time needed: 1 minute. To disable Google Chrome Journeys: Open the Google Chrome History page. CTRL + H opens chrome://history on Windows. ⌘ + Y opens the page on a Mac. Click 'Turn off Journeys'. From the left panel, select Turn off Journeys.

  19. 'Journeys' To Get an Option Hide History

    History Journeys Hide Visits: Adds a UI element to hide individual cluster visits in the webUI. - Mac, Windows, Linux, ChromeOS, Fuchsia, Lacros. You can either use a menu item or a thumbs-down icon to hide certain items from your Chrome history journey. I don't think many of us would want to keep our browsing history on the new tab page.

  20. Google Journeys: How to use the tool to organise your searches

    Hiring Now. Click on the History section and go to All History. Beside the list of websites you visited in chronological order, you should see a Journeys tab. Click on this and you will see a ...

  21. Google Chrome officially rolls out 'Journeys' history feature and

    By Corbin Davenport. Published Feb 8, 2022. Google is rolling out a new "Journeys" feature in Chrome that organizes your browser history into categories, and other changes. Google Chrome is one of ...

  22. Unraveling Chrome History: A Quick Guide to Your Web Adventures

    From the top right, select the More options menu. From the dropdown menu, select History. Chrome Address Bar Options. The following works on most devices, although I could not get this to work on Chrome on my iPad. In your Chrome address bar, type chrome://history/. Chrome Actions. Google also built a Chrome action.

  23. How to delete history on Google Chrome?

    Click the checkbox next to Browsing history, if it's not selected already. (Optional) Check/uncheck next to Cookie and other site data and Cache images and files options if you'd like to clear ...

  24. How to clear your browser cache and cookies

    Otherwise, you can access the cache settings from the Chrome menu: Click the three dots menu icon on the top right of the screen.; Look for the option marked "more tools."; Open that and click ...

  25. Discover it® Student Cash Back vs. Discover it® Student Chrome

    With the Discover it ® Student Cash Back you can earn 5% cash back on everyday purchases at different places you shop each quarter like grocery stores, restaurants, gas stations, and more, up to the quarterly maximum when you activate. With the Discover it ® Student Chrome you can earn 2% Cashback Bonus ® at Gas Stations and Restaurants on up to $1,000 in combined purchases each quarter ...

  26. A new front in the browser wars has opened in Europe

    A history of browser wars Chrome ascended as rivals fell in market showdowns known as the browser wars. Tim Berners-Lee sparked the first skirmish when he released the world's first browser in 1990.

  27. For many American Jews protesting for Palestinians, activism is a

    For many American Jews protesting for Palestinians, activism is a journey rooted in their Jewish values Published: May 21, 2024 8:26am EDT. Atalia ... Shadow of history.

  28. Star Trek's George Takei shares his journey 'From Internment to Stardom

    The Star Trek star talks about his experience in a Japanese American internment camp during World War II, and how that history is relevant today. Search Query Show Search News/Noticias

  29. Reliving History

    Today, the Chrome developer flag known as 'Memories' from which all of our previous findings have spawned now reads with a new URL. Memories. Enables chrome://history/journeys. - Mac ...

  30. Week in Review: May 31, 2024

    Upward Mobility. Carlos Arce has been assigned as acting Warden at Salinas Valley State Prison.. Christian Pfeiffer has been assigned as acting Warden at Wasco State Prison.. Patwin Horn has been assigned as acting Warden at Kern Valley State Prison.. Mary Comperini, Psy.D., has been assigned as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Health Care (Safety) at California Men's Colony.