How to completely clean up the history of Yandex on the Xiaomi phone: 5 proven ways

Search history in Yandex on Xiaomi smartphone is not just a list of visited pages, it includes saved queries, autocomplete data, cookies and even geolocation, which the service uses to personalize the results. If you use the Yandex browser or the official Yandex application on Redmi Note 12, POCO X5 or another model, this data is accumulated automatically, and their cleaning may be necessary for various reasons, from basic privacy to freeing the device memory.

In this article, we will discuss all the current ways to delete history, from the standard browser menu to hidden MIUI settings that allow you to erase traces of activity even in integrated services. We will focus on the nuances for different versions of MIUI (13, 14, HyperOS) and Xiaomi models, where the location of menu items may differ.

1. Clear history through Yandex Browser on Xiaomi

If you use Yandex Browser as your primary browser on Xiaomi, the history is stored locally on your device and in your Yandex account (if you are logged in).

1. Open your browser and tap the icon. ⋮ (three points) in lower right corner.
2. Select the item History → Clear history.
3. Specify the period: For the last hour, for today or for all time.
4. Check the data types with ticks: 📝 View history – list of visited sites. 🍪 Cookies – authorization data and site settings. 🗑️ Cache – temporary files to speed up loading.

Clean up

⚠️ Note: If you are logged in to Yandex, the history can be saved to the cloud. To delete it completely, go to Settings → Account. → Search History and Click Clear History on All Devices.

Pages visited during the selected period are deleted|Reset saved passwords (if cookies are marked)|Cache clears, which can slow down the first load of sites|Synchronized history in the cloud remains intact (unless cleaned separately)-->

2. Delete history in the Yandex application (search and services)

The official Yandex app (not the browser!) also saves your search history to erase it:

1. Open the Yandex application and tap on the profile avatar in the upper right corner.
2. Select Settings → Search History.
3. Click Clear History and confirm.

If the option is not available, then the story was not locally saved.

• 🔄 Go to Settings. → Sync and disable Search History so that new queries are not saved.
• 📱 Remove the app cache through Xiaomi Settings → Annexes → Yandex → Memory. → Clear the cache.

On Xiaomi models with MIUI 14 and later, the path to setting up applications may be different. For example, on Xiaomi 13T, you need to go to Settings → Applications → Application Management → Yandex.

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If the story reappears after cleaning, check if sync with Yandex account is enabled in the application settings. Turn it off if you want to completely remove search traces.

3. Reset history via MIUI settings (for all browsers)

MIUI allows you to clean your application data centrally, which is a good method if you use multiple browsers (e.g. Chrome + Yandex Browser) and want to delete your history in all at once.

Instructions:

1. Go to Settings → Applications → Application Management.
2. Find the browser you want (like Yandex Browser) and tap it.
3. Choose Memory. → Clear the data.
4. Confirm the action. It will delete all history, bookmarks and saved passwords!

⚠️ Note: Some Xiaomi models (e.g. Redmi) 10C) After cleaning the data, the browser may start to work unstable, in which case, restart the phone or reinstall the browser.

4.How to turn off the preservation of history in Yandex forever

If you don't want Yandex to save your search queries and pages you've visited, you can turn it off completely.

Method 1: In the settings of the Yandex account

1. Open Yandex profile in the browser.
2. Go to History and Search Management.
3. Turn off the options: 🔍 Keep your search history 🌐 Preserve the history of visits 📍 Use geodata for personalization

Save the changes.

Method 2: Through the application settings on Xiaomi

In the Yandex mobile application:

1. Slip on the avatar → Settings → Privacy.
2. Turn it off: 📡 Synchronization of history 📍 Geolocation

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5. Clearing History Through Incognito Mode

If you need to temporarily hide your online presence, use Yandex Browser’s incognito mode, which does not save your search history or pages you visit (but cookies and downloaded files can remain!).

How to turn on:

1. Open the Yandex Browser.
2. Slap the icon. 👤 lower-right.
3. Select the New Incognito window (a hat and glasses icon).

Limitations of the incognito regime:

• 🚫 He doesn't hide yours. IP-address from the sites and provider.
• 📥 Uploaded files remain in the phone’s memory.
• 👤 If you are logged in to Yandex account, history can be synchronized.

6. Additional methods: Cleaning through ADB and Safe Mode

For power users who want to completely erase all traces of Yandex on Xiaomi, including system files, advanced methods will suit: they require activation of Developer Mode and connection to a PC.

Method 1: Cleaning through ADB

If standard methods don’t help (e.g., history is reset after a reboot), use ADB:

adb shell pm clear ru.yandex.browser


adb shell pm clear ru.yandex.searchplugin

These commands will completely reset the settings of Yandex Browser and the Yandex search plugin.

Method 2: Safe Mode (Safe Mode)

If the story is saved due to third-party apps (such as Clean Master or MIUI Optimizer), download your phone to Safe Mode:

1. Press the power button before the off menu appears.
2. Press and hold Power Disconnect → will be prompted to go to Safe Mode.
3. In Safe Mode, remove suspicious apps and clear the history in the standard way.

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ADB and Safe Mode are extreme measures, and only use them if standard methods fail, as they can affect the stability of MIUI.

7. Frequent mistakes and how to avoid them

When cleaning up the history in Yandex on Xiaomi, users often face typical problems:

• 🔄 History returns after cleaning up → Check synchronization with Yandex account and disable it.
• 📱 Browser freezes after data reset → Restart your phone or reinstall your browser.
• 🔍 The story is not removed from the search bar MIUI → Clear the Quick Search Box app data (Xiaomi Quick Search).
• 🚫 Incognito mode is not working. → Update your browser or check your parental control settings.

If the story is still preserved after all the manipulations, it is possible that your Xiaomi has enterprise software installed (for example, on work phones), in which case the cleaning can be blocked by the administrator of the device.

FAQ: Answers to Frequent Questions