How Use Google Product Anonymously

Removing Identifying Information from Your Google Account

1. Log in to your Google account. Click your profile photo or name in the upper right corner, and then click "Account" to visit your account settings.

2. Click the "Dashboard" tab on the left, and log in once more.

3. Click the "Edit Blogger Profile" link in the "Blogger" section, and remove any identifying information, including your name, location, biographical information and photo. Save your changes.

4. Click the "Edit Profile" links in the Google Plus, Picasa and Orkut sections, if you have these profiles, and delete all identifying information from them. Some forms don't allow you to just leave the fields blank, so you can enter initials where appropriate instead of your full name. Changing your Google Plus profile information automatically removes your identifying information from your YouTube account if you've connected the two. If not, click "Manage Your YouTube" account and change your identifying information there as well.

Removing and Hiding Your Browsing History

1. Visit the Google History page (link in Resources), and log in to your Google account again if prompted.

2. Click the gear icon at the top of the page, and then select "Settings."

3. Click the "Delete All" link in the text, and then click the "Delete All" button in the pop-up box that appears.

4. Click the "Turn Off" button to disable your Google account from recording your Web browsing history.

5. Log out of your Google account, and browse the Web while signed out of your account.

Tip

·        You can also use the Chrome browser's incognito feature so that your Web browser doesn't record your visits to any websites, regardless of whether you're signed in to a Google account at the time. Click the menu button with three horizontal lines in the main browser menu, and then select "New Incognito Window" from the drop-down menu to browse the Internet incognito.

Warnings

·        Some features on some Google products may be limited without signing in to a Google or Google Plus account. For example, you can't upload, like or save to favorites any videos YouTube if you're not logged in to a Google account, and smart search won't work on Google if you're signed out.

·        Even if you delete your Web history from your Google account and opt out of tailored ads based on your Web browsing, due to federal law and regulations, the company still keeps data on your account saved. If you'd like to reduce how much information Google keeps on your Internet activities, use alternatives to Google products, such as a different search engine, mail client, video streaming service, maps, directions and other services (links in Resources).

·        Google Plus only allows you to change your name up to three times in two years.

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