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 couple different ways:
- On your iPhone or iPad in the Google app 👁 Image
. - On your iPhone in your browser on google.com.
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. Personal results uses your saved activity to give you helpful personalized results, like articles you might be interested in.
- On your iPhone or iPad, open the Google app 👁 Image
. - At the top right, tap your profile picture or initial 👁 and then
Search history 👁 and then
Controls. - Save history.
Step 2: Choose what updates you get
In the Google app
- On your iPhone, open your Google app 👁 Image
. - At the top right, tap your profile picture or initial 👁 and then
Settings 👁 and then
Manage your interests. - Tap Following.
- To unfollow a topic, on the Interest page, tap Following.
- To turn off notification, tap 👁 Image
.
- To turn off notification, tap 👁 Image
Unblock topic
- On your iPhone or iPad, open the Google app 👁 Image
. - At the top right, tap your profile picture or initial 👁 and then
Settings 👁 and then
Manage your interests. - Tap Not Interested.
- To unblock a topic, tap Remove 👁 Image
.
- On your iPhone or iPad, 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 stories from [Source].
In the Google app
- On your iPhone or iPad, open the Google app .
- At the top right, tap your profile picture or initial 👁 and then
Settings 👁 and then
Manage your interests. - Tap Not interested.
- Uncheck any topics you want to bring back.
In your browser
- On your iPhone or iPad, 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. - Uncheck any topics you want to bring back.
Step 3: Change how often you find topics in Discover
Important: Only you can view the stories you like, but your selections may be shared anonymously with publishers.
- On your iPhone or iPad, 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.