How to see all the data that Google has about you

Whether you’re on Android or iOS, it’s easy to find a summary of the data Google has about your online activity across its services. You have two options.

If you want a limited summary

Go directly to the “Google Dashboard” control panel. This page offers an overview of the data registered in your Google account when using the ecosystem services of the American giant with, on the one hand, those used recently, and on the other, those used less frequently. The advantages: a clear and succinct presentation, for easy and fast use.

For each of its services, detailed information is available. For example, if you have a Gmail address, you’ll be told the number of emails in your inbox, the number of emails sent, the number of drafts, or the number of items in the trash.

“Google Dashboard” allows you to download all your data with a single click to keep it or use it from another account. To do this, click on the tab “Download your data” located at the top left of the page. It is also possible to download only the data of a particular service. To do this, access the box of the desired service and click on the button “Discharge” located at the bottom left.

If you want a detailed summary

Go to your account. From the menu on the left, select “Data and Privacy”.

Once on the page, you are offered four sections: “Your activities and places you visited” ; “Information you can share with other people” ; “Data from the apps and services you use” (section that takes you to “Google Dashboard”) and finally, “More options”.

For each of these sections, detailed data is available. for example in “Your activities and places you visited”you can view your web and app browsing history (by clicking the button “My Activity” with the little clock), but also your YouTube history or even find your trips on Maps. For each service, it is possible to configure confidentiality options to suspend history collection, for example.

the rubric “Information you can share with other people” collects data about your profile (surname, first name, date of birth, gender, etc.), but also the possible exchange of your position, contacts, payment methods or subscriptions, depending on the information you have registered through your Google account.

Good to know: this section offers a tab “You want to know more?”. Select “Who can see your data”.

This page will allow you to check all your privacy options and know what data you share with other users for all Google ecosystem services by clicking each time on “Check your options.”