Google search not showing past searches

[tgs3838]

This is a issue that Ive dealt with for probably a year and a half now. Dating back to my last few months with my s4. But when i do a search in the google search bar. None of my past searches show up. I recently had a problem with my phone not fast charging so i got a new one. Since im in the middle of setting it up i wanna try and get this issue figured out. When i first started my phone up and tried it out the searches showed up like normal. But once i updated the Google app. It went back to the way its been. With no searches showing up and instead im getting trends(something that's started the last month or so for me). Weird thing is. If i switch to my work gmail account. It works perfectly normal. Only thing i can think of is a messed up setting. But over the last year or so Ive spent quite a bit of time trying to figure it out. Anyone have a clue? Tried to explain it the best i could. Ill attach screen shots to give a better Idea. Thanks in advance for any help.

 

[SophiaPetrillo]

Go to the Google search bar and tap the 'G' icon in the upper left corner. Click the 3 lines where the 'G' was, and navigate to 'Settings'. Go to 'Accounts & Privacy', 'Google activity controls', then 'Web & App Activity'. If it says 'Paused', click on the little switch and go through the pop-up information. I'm not sure if it affects the search, but tick the little box on the same page if it's not already marked and you should be good to go.

 

[tgs3838]

Go to the Google search bar and tap the 'G' icon in the upper left corner. Click the 3 lines where the 'G' was, and navigate to 'Settings'. Go to 'Accounts & Privacy', 'Google activity controls', then 'Web & App Activity'. If it says 'Paused', click on the little switch and go through the pop-up information. I'm not sure if it affects the search, but tick the little box on the same page if it's not already marked and you should be good to go.

Thanks for the help. I followed your steps. And it didnt quite fix what i needed. But once i got there i was able to do a little more digging and i think....I hope... that i finally figured it out. Looks like i had"do not use private results" checked. Once i Changed it to use private results it seemed to start working normally. But i would have never found it without your help. Thanks!

If anyone else has this problem let me know and i can try to give a little better detail on how to navigate to the right pages.