Turn on your Visual Search History?

Google uses its visual recognition technologies to process the images you use to search, like when you search with Google Lens. If you turn on your Visual Search History, Google will save these images from eligible Google services to your Web & App Activity when you’re signed in to your Google Account. You can learn more about this setting and which Google services save images to it at g.co/Search/VisualSearchHistory.

How visual search history is used

Your Visual Search History may be used to improve your experience on Google services, like letting you revisit your past visual searches. It may be used to develop and improve Google’s visual recognition and search technologies, as well as the Google services that use them.

When visual search history is off

If you turn this setting off, any previous Visual Search History may still be kept and used to improve Google’s visual recognition and search technologies, unless you delete it from your Web & App Activity.

Visual Search History doesn’t affect images saved by other settings, like Gemini Apps Activity.

How to manage your Visual Search History

You can view, delete, or manage your Visual Search History at activity.google.com. To download your Visual Search History, visit takeout.google.com. Images will be deleted in accordance with your Web & App Activity auto-delete settings, although some types of images may be deleted sooner.

Google uses and saves data in accordance with Google Privacy Policy.