See where Amazon keeps your browsing history, clear it on desktop or in the app, turn off history tracking, and learn what still stays after you delete it.
Amazon keeps a running list of almost every product you look at, not just the things you buy. The good news is you can see that list, clear it, and switch off the tracking in a couple of minutes. Here is where to look on both the website and the app.
Your browsing history lives under Your Account. It feeds the recommendations on the home page and some of the ads Amazon shows you elsewhere. Clearing it resets those suggestions, but it does not touch your orders or your account.
where to find your browsing history
On a computer, hover over the Account and Lists menu, or open the Browsing History link near the top of the home screen. In the app, tap the menu, then look under the recommendations section for Browsing History. Either way you get a grid of everything you viewed recently, newest first.
how to view and clear it on desktop
1. Sign in and open the Browsing History page from the home screen.
2. To remove a single item, click Remove from view under the product.
3. To wipe the whole list, click Manage history, then choose Remove all items.
The page clears right away, and your home page recommendations start to reset over the next few visits.
how to clear it in the app
In the Amazon app, tap the three line menu, then Browsing History, scrolling past the recommendation rows if you need to. Tap Edit in the top corner. From there you can remove single items or tap Remove all to clear everything. The steps match the website, just with smaller buttons.
turn off history tracking
If you would rather Amazon stopped recording this at all, open the Browsing History page, click Manage history, and switch the toggle to off. Amazon stops adding new items from that point. You can turn it back on any time, and you can still clear the existing list separately.
what clearing does not remove
Clearing your browsing history only hides the products you looked at. Your order history stays exactly where it is, because Amazon needs it for returns, warranties, and records. Your searches can still show up as suggestions in the search box, which you clear on their own. And Amazon keeps its own copy on its servers even after your view looks empty.
Retailers like Amazon build a detailed picture of your habits from what you browse, and clearing the list changes what you can see, not what they keep. It helps to understand who can see your browsing history and how websites track you online. Simple habits, from clearing history to using a VPN so networks cannot log the sites you visit, all add up.
