• Google Account: Pick the Google Account you want to use.
  Note: To remove your account from the app, sign out.
• My activity: See or delete past searches and other activity saved to your Google Account, including things you search for, your voice searches and commands, and places you go. Learn more about My Activity.
• SafeSearch filter: Filter explicit content from your search results. Learn more about SafeSearch.

Pick the language for your search results.

Voice search results come in the same language as your voice search.

Change the settings that control voice search and voice actions.

• Languages: Voice search results come in the same language as your voice search.
• Speech output: Hear spoken responses to some of your searches.
• Voice match: Pick on which screens you can say “Ok Google." Learn more about Ok Google.
• Offline speech recognition: Download more languages to use when you’re not connected to the internet.
• Block offensive words: Offensive words that you search for will be replaced in the search box with asterisks (*).
• Bluetooth headset: Use your voice over a Bluetooth headset when one is connected.

You can start a search while you're not connected to the internet. When you're connected again, Google will get the results and notify you.

To turn offline search on or off, tap Always retry searches.

• Show Discover: Turn Discover on or off. If you turn Discover off, you won't see any cards in the Google app, but you can still use the app to search.
• Manage card history: See or delete your card history, including cards shown in Discover and whether you interacted with them.​ Learn more about managing your card history.
• Reset Discover preferences: This will turn off any customizations you've created (like your favorite sports teams). It will also turn off Discover on all of your devices.

To show app information in your search suggestions and results, check one or more of the boxes. For example, if you check the box next to your Contacts app, when you search for your mom’s name, her contact information could appear in search suggestions and results. Learn more about searching in your apps.

 If you turn off location, your search results could be less relevant. And some features won't work.

Learn how to change your Google app location settings or update your location on Google.

Videos could start playing automatically without sound. 

You can turn these autoplay video previews on or off. You can also change when they'll play, like on Wi-Fi or mobile.

• Turn Discover on or off: When you turn off Discover, you won't see any cards in the Google app, but you can still use the app to search. Learn how to turn off Discover.
• Change your settings for Discover: You can change which cards show up and your home or work addresses.

Change the settings used when you search or complete an action using your voice.

• Spoken answers: Choose whether answers are spoken back to you when you do a search.
• Bluetooth: If this setting is on, you can do voice searches or actions using a Bluetooth headset, when one is connected.
• "Ok Google" hotword: Decide whether saying "Ok Google" will trigger a voice search from anywhere in the app. The "Ok Google" setting is available only on iPhone 4s+ and iPad 2+ devices.
• Language: The language you pick here works with any voice searches you do. If you want, this can be different from your device's display language.

• SafeSearch filters: You can block most adult content from your search results by using SafeSearch. Learn more about SafeSearch.
• Private results: You can see private results from other products you use, like Gmail and Google Calendar. For example, you can search for information about your upcoming flights or restaurant reservations.
• Enable trending searches: Choose whether you want to see trending searches when using the Google app.

Here, you can share any issues you’re having. You can also let us know what you like about the Google app.

History

• On-device history: When this setting is on, searches you do while using the Google app will be saved in your history on the device you're using. On-device history is separate from Web & App Activity. Learn how to see and control your search activity.
• Clear on-device history: Delete any searches done on the Google app for the device you’re using. This won’t clear searches you’ve done on other devices or computers.
• Clear third party cookies: Delete your cookies for the Google app on the device you're using. This won’t clear cookies on other apps or mobile browsers, like Chrome or Safari.

Location

Learn how to change Google app location settings. You can also choose whether you want to open links to maps in Google Maps. 

Diagnostic data

To help us improve our products and services for everyone, you can let the Google app send us information about how you use it and how it’s working.

For example, the Google app can send info like:

• Data from Google app crashes or other problems
• What other apps you have on your device
• Quality and length of your network connections (like mobile, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth)

If you have additional Web & App Activity turned on, this info will be stored with your account. You can see and delete it in My Activity. All info is used in accordance with Google’s Privacy Policy.