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docgee

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2. Meh... This is just a scan of receipts in your email messages.

Reply to douglas9 (Original post)

Sat May 18, 2019, 06:53 AM

May 2019

You can delete the purchase history by deleting the email. It's not some super secret data mining activity. Google could scan your email anytime they wanted anyway, so this is just a convenient list.

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Google uses Gmail to track a history of things you buy -- and it's hard to delete [View all] douglas9 May 2019 OP

Thanks for posting Sherman A1 May 2019 #1

Meh... This is just a scan of receipts in your email messages. docgee May 2019 #2

I'm thinking I'll overcome this dilemma True Dough May 2019 #3

not very effective Brainstormy May 2019 #4

looks like I dont have any purchase. sorry google nt msongs May 2019 #5