How to disable Google “Signed-out search activity”

[troydavis]

https://www.google.com/history/privacyadvisor/search

[troydavis]

By default, even users not logged in to Google will accumulate a search history. To disable this, visit the submitted URL when not logged in to a Google account and scroll down to the “Signed-out Search activity” toggle. Use a browser mode that persists cookies (that is, don’t use incognito mode).

Repeat on each device you browse from.

Here’s the equivalent for YouTube watch history and search history: https://www.youtube.com/feed/history

[masonic → troydavis]

  Use a browser mode that persists cookies

Does this imply that this process must be repeated anytime cookies are cleared?

[troydavis → masonic]

For those of us who use Google and YouTube while not logged in to a Google account, yes.