#Remove purchase history app store windows 10

Google says it's looking into simplifying its settings to make them easier to control, however. Even if it's not being used for ads, there's no clear reason why Google would need to track years of purchases and make it hard to delete that information. Google says it doesn't use your Gmail to show you ads and promises it 'does not sell your personal information, which includes your Gmail and Google Account information,' and does 'not share your personal information with advertisers, unless you have asked us to.'Д«ut, for reasons that still aren't clear, it's pulling that information out of your Gmail and dumping it into a 'Purchases' page most people don't seem to know exists. It's weird this isn't front and center on Google's new privacy pages or even in Google's privacy checkup feature. However, when CNBC tried this, it didn't work - there was no such option to fully turn off the tracking.

#Remove purchase history app store windows 10

Google told CNBC you can turn off the tracking entirely, but you have to go to another page for search setting preferences. Notes for users that want to disable/block only the Windows 10 Store app: In a Windows 8 or 8.1 based system, if you want to disable only the Windows Store app while keeping enabled all other apps from Store, then you have to apply one of the methods mentioned on this article to accomplish this task.

Google's activity controls page doesn't give you any ability to manage the data it stores on Purchases.

But it says 'Information about your orders may also be saved with your activity in other Google services' and that you can see and delete this information on a separate 'My Activity' page.Д®xcept you can't. Google's privacy page says that only you can view your purchases.