Customize what you find in Discover
Important: We’re currently updating settings for Google Search services, which include Search, Maps, Shopping, Flights, Hotels, Translate and News. The settings described in this article are being updated so may not match your current experience. Learn more about the updated settings.
You can see and manage your updated privacy settings directly at account.google.com or in the latest app version of your Search services apps. The latest versions of the apps are available in the Google Play Store or Apple App Store.
With Discover, you can get updates for your interests, like your favorite sports team or news site, without searching for them. You can choose the types of updates you want to find in Discover in the Google app or when you’re browsing the web on your phone.
Tip: Some of these features might not be available in all languages and countries.
Find Discover
You can find Discover in a few different ways:
- In the Google app 👁 Image
. - On your Android phone or tablet, in your browser on google.com.
- On some devices, swipe right from your device's home screen.
Customize Discover
To manage your content in Discover, select an option below.
If you're using:
- Chrome: Go to manage suggested articles.
- A Google app or google.com: To choose what updates you get, follow, or unfollow, use the Google app or the settings in your browser.
Step 1: Turn on saved history & personalized recommendations
Saved history saves your searches, browsing history, and other activity in your Google Account. Personalized recommendations uses your saved activity to give you helpful personalized results, like articles you might be interested in.
- On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google app 👁 Image
. - At the top right, tap your profile picture or initial 👁 and then
Search history 👁 and then
Search Services History is off. - Turn on Search Services History.
- On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google app 👁 Image
. - At the top right, tap your profile picture or initial 👁 and then
Search personalization. - Turn on Personalized recommendations.
Step 2: Choose what updates you get
When you search for an interest, you can follow it to get updates in Discover
In the Google app
- On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google app 👁 Image
. - At the top right, tap your profile picture or initial 👁 and then
Settings 👁 and then
Personalization 👁 and then
Manage your interests. - Tap Following.
- To unfollow a topic, on the Interest page, tap Following.
- To turn off notifications, tap 👁 Image
.
- To turn off notifications, tap 👁 Image
Unblock topics
- On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google app 👁 Image
. - At the top right, tap your profile picture or initial 👁 and then
Settings 👁 and then
Personalization 👁 and then
Manage your interests. - Tap Not Interested.
- To Unblock a topic, tap Remove 👁 Image
.
Important: This feature may not be available in all languages and countries or regions. To find your saved items, you must be signed in to your Google Account.
- Open your Google app 👁 Image
or, in your browser, go to google.com. - At the bottom right of the card, tap More 👁 More
👁 and then
Not interested in [Topic] or Don't show content from [Source].
In the Google app
- On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google app 👁 Image
. - At the top right, tap your profile picture or initial 👁 and then
Settings 👁 and then
Interests 👁 and then
Not interested. - Next to the topic or source that you want to bring back, tap Unhide 👁 Unhide
.
In your browser
- On your Android phone or tablet, in your browser go to google.com .
- At the top right, tap your profile picture or initial 👁 and then
Settings. - Under "Discover," tap Manage interests 👁 and then
Not interested. - Next to the topic or source that you want to bring back, tap Unhide 👁 Unhide
.
Step 3: Change how often you find topics in Discover
- On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google app 👁 Image
or in your browser go to google.com. - At the bottom right of the card you like, tap Like 👁 Favorite
. - To find the content that you liked, go to Discover Likes.
How Google decides what to show you in Discover
To know what to show in Discover, Google uses information from your device and from other Google products.
Google also uses data that's stored in your Google Account. This data is based on settings you can change or turn on or off. These settings may include:
- Search Services History. Learn how to find and control your Search Services History.
- App info from your devices. Learn how to manage app info from your devices.
- Contact info from your devices. Learn how to manage contact info from your devices.
- Personalized recommendations. Learn how to turn off Personalized recommendations.
- Location History (For Google to use this information, you need to have Web & App Activity turned on). Learn how to understand and manage your location when you search on Google.
- Location settings: Some updates in Discover are shown based on your home location. If your home location isn't available, Google will estimate your location based on other sources, like your IP address. Learn how to understand and manage your location when you search on Google.
Turn off personalized recommendations in Discover
If you don’t want to get personalized stories, turn off personalized recommendations.