Privacy Policy for Clear YouTube History

Last updated: June 23, 2025

Our Core Principle: Your Privacy First

The Clear YouTube History Chrome extension ("we", "our", or "the extension") is fundamentally designed to enhance your privacy, not compromise it. Our policy is simple: **we do not collect, store, transmit, or sell any of your personal data.**

How the Extension Works

To understand our privacy model, it's important to know how the extension operates:

  • The extension runs **100% locally** on your computer, inside your Chrome browser.
  • When you click the icon, it automates the process of visiting the Google My Activity page and clicking the "delete" buttons next to your YouTube search entries.
  • It does not communicate with any external servers, databases, or third-party services, other than the Google pages it needs to clean.

We do not have a server. We have no way of seeing your search history, watch history, or any other personal information.

Data Collection: None

We are proud to state that we collect **zero personal data**. This includes:

  • We DO NOT collect your YouTube search or watch history.
  • We DO NOT collect your IP address or browser information.
  • We DO NOT use cookies or any tracking technologies.
  • We DO NOT require you to create an account.

Permissions

Our extension requests the minimum possible permissions required to function:

  • scripting & tabs: Required to open a background tab to `myactivity.google.com` and run the cleaning script on that page.
  • notifications: Required to show you a simple notification when the cleaning process is complete.
  • host_permissions: Required to specifically get permission to run on `myactivity.google.com`.

We will never request permissions that are not absolutely essential for the core functionality of the extension.

Third-Party Services

The only third-party service this extension interacts with is Google itself, as it needs to access the Google My Activity page to perform its function. The extension is distributed through the Chrome Web Store, which may collect its own aggregated, anonymous usage statistics as per Google's own policies.

Your Control Over Your Data

Since all operations are local, you maintain complete control. Uninstalling the extension from Chrome completely removes all its components from your system. There is no data to delete because we never stored it in the first place.

Updates to This Policy

If we ever change our privacy practices, we will update this policy and clearly explain the changes. We are committed to transparency.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

Email: support@clearyoutubehistory.xyz