Question Where is data stored

[Larry Coffin]

My understanding is that everything I search for and all deleted files reside somewhere inside Android phones. I had researched some medical papers but deleted all of it once I thought I no longer needed them. Now I find I need to revisit some of it but am unable to recall the search parameters I used. Is there a way to pull up this info from some file somewhere in my phone storage?

 

[B. Diddy]

That kind of information would usually be in your Google Search history, unless you deleted it: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/7028918?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform=Android&oco=1

 

[Larry Coffin]

I use Brave browser and usually delete my search history about once per month. Just don't usually need it so I delete anything I don't feel that I need to keep. I just like to keep things neat and uncluttered. Besides that, I've read in multiple articles about keeping cookies that can track everything I do and try to capitalize on it. That's why I like Brave, they don't "sell me", as it were.

 

[B. Diddy]

If you're deleting your search history, then it's gone. I don't think it gets saved as a discrete file on the phone.

 

[fuzzylumpkin]

Sounds like you want to have your cake and eat it. You don't want Google or anyone else to track you (which is good and fair), But you do want to take advantage of the benefits that having them spy on you brings. Unfortunately, it doesn't work like that.

I always thought that saying would make more sense the other way around.