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How to Find and Delete Gemini Apps Activity History

Find Gemini Apps activity in My Activity, delete a chat or a date range, and change Keep Activity and auto-delete.

October 5, 2026 Yum News

Deleting the Gemini app does not wipe the prompts stored on your Google Account. When you are signed in and Keep Activity is on, Google stores Gemini Apps activity in My Activity. You can review those prompts, delete a single item or a date range, and turn Keep Activity off from the same screen.

This guide follows Google’s Gemini Apps Help steps for a personal account. Work and school accounts are different: a Workspace admin controls retention, and you may not be able to change how long chats are kept.

Open Gemini Apps activity

You need to be signed in to the Google Account that used Gemini. Google says unsigned sessions cannot manage this history.

On a computer:

Go to gemini.google.com and sign in.
Click Settings & help, then Activity.
Or open myactivity.google.com/product/gemini directly.

The product filter is already set to Gemini Apps. You will see prompts grouped by day. Use the search box if you remember a phrase. Use the date filter if you only want a week or a month.

Live chats are included when Keep Activity is on. Google stores the transcript, audio, files, images, and YouTube videos you shared, plus video frames from a camera stream or screenshare. An icon under the row marks audio, screen sharing, or camera video. Open Details on that row to view or download the media before you delete it.

Conversations that used a Gem note which Gem was used. That label is a pointer. Deleting the activity row does not delete the Gem itself.

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Delete one chat, one day, or everything

Stay on the Gemini Apps activity page. Google lists five delete scopes:

All activity: above the list, click Delete, then All time.
Last hour or last day: click Delete, then Last hour or Last day.
A custom range: click Delete, then Custom range, and set the dates.
One day: next to that day, click Delete all activity from that day.
One item: next to the row, click Delete activity item.

Confirm the prompt. Google says deletion starts immediately. The item is removed from view first. A later process is meant to remove it from storage systems. There is no undo on that page.

Three limits matter:

Deleting a Gem conversation does not delete the Gem. Remove Gems from the Gem manager if you want those instructions gone.
Deleting a shared chat does not remove its public link. Turn the link off in the share controls for that chat.
Deleting a Gemini Live activity also deletes the related audio, transcript, videos, and screenshares for that item.

If you also use Personal Intelligence, activity cleanup is separate from what Gemini may read in Gmail or Calendar. Review those connectors in Gemini Personal Intelligence setup so a deleted chat is not your only privacy step.

Turn Keep Activity off

Keep Activity is on by default if you are 18 or over. Turning it off stops new prompts from appearing in Gemini Apps Activity. It does not erase what is already stored unless you pick the delete option.

Open Settings & help, then Activity, on gemini.google.com.
Near the top, click On.
Choose Turn off, or Turn off and delete activity.

Google still saves conversations with your account for up to 72 hours after you turn Keep Activity off. That copy is for providing the service and processing feedback. It does not show up in Gemini Apps Activity.

Gems you already created stay on the account. New chats with those Gems are not saved while Keep Activity is off.

Google also says that with Keep Activity off, only a limited set of connected apps stays available. Turn individual connectors off from Connected Apps if you want a narrower list while history remains on.

Audio and Live recordings used to improve services

A second switch covers whether Google may use your audio and Gemini Live videos and screenshares to improve services, including training generative models. Google says this setting is off by default. You cannot turn it on unless Keep Activity is on.

Open Settings & help, then Activity.
If Keep Activity is off, turn it on and read the disclosure first.
Next to Improve Google services with your audio and Gemini Live videos and screenshares, select the box only if you want that use.
Click Turn on. Clear the box later to stop it.

Leave this off if you share a camera or screen in Live and do not want those frames used beyond providing the chat. Download anything you need from Details before you delete the row.

Change auto-delete

By default, Gemini Apps activity older than 18 months is auto-deleted. You can switch that window to 3 months or 36 months, or turn auto-delete off.

Open Settings & help, then Activity.
Near the top, click the line that mentions deleting activity older than a set number of months, or Choose an auto-delete option.
Pick 3, 18, or 36 months, or Don’t auto-delete activity.
Confirm the on-screen steps.

Auto-delete does not run instantly on the day you change it. Google starts the same removal process used for a manual delete: hide the item, then delete it from storage. A 3-month window is the shortest option on this page. There is no 1-day auto-delete for Gemini Apps activity.

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Work accounts, Android, and what not to expect

On a work or school account, do not follow the personal-account toggles and assume they apply. Google says the Workspace admin controls Gemini Apps Activity settings. You may be unable to change retention or see how long chats are kept. Ask the admin before you delete a chat you might need for a ticket.

On Android, the same account history is what matters. Uninstalling Gemini, or switching the default assistant, does not clear My Activity. Open the Activity entry from the Gemini app profile, or use the My Activity link above, and delete there.

Web & App Activity is a different product filter. Clearing Search history does not clear Gemini Apps activity. Check the Gemini product page specifically.

Do not treat a deleted prompt as proof a human reviewer never saw feedback you submitted. Feedback tools are separate. The Help Center describes account activity deletion, not a review-queue purge.

Tips before you wipe a range

Export or copy anything you still need. Gemini Apps activity is not a backup of your Docs or Gmail. It is a log of prompts and Live media.

Delete a custom range first if you only want last month gone. All time is permanent for the items in that product filter.

If a public share link should die with the chat, remove the link before or after the activity delete. The two actions are independent.

Screenshot the auto-delete setting after you change it. The label at the top of the activity page is the confirmation.

Signed-out use on a shared computer still should not be your privacy plan. Sign in, delete, then sign out.

Bottom line

Open Gemini Apps activity from Settings & help or from myactivity.google.com/product/gemini. Delete the row, the day, or a custom range, then set auto-delete to 3, 18, or 36 months. Turn Keep Activity off if you do not want new prompts listed. On a personal account those controls are yours. On a work or school account, the admin sets retention.