If someone with a work or school account shares a file with you, they may be able to see signed in people view it.
Some features are only available for work or school accounts, and youâre not signed in.
Limit who can see your view history
If you donât want your view history to appear in Activity dashboard, you can change your privacy settings.
Turn off view history for one file
- On your computer, open any file in Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides from a work or school organization.
- At the top, click Tools Activity dashboard privacy.
- Turn off Show my view history for this document.
Turn off view history for all files
- On your computer, open Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides.
- At the top left, click Menu Settings.
- Under "Activity dashboard," turn off Show your view history.
If you donât see Activity dashboard or the privacy settings:
- If the file isnât owned by a Google Account through work or school, no one can see the view history.
- You haven't viewed a shared file owned by a work or school organization.
- You may be signed in to the wrong account. Youâre not signed in.
To sign in to your work or school account, click here.
If you hide your view history
- You wonât be seen in Activity dashboard for anybodyâs files.
- You can turn on your view history again, and your previously recorded views will appear again.
- Your views while your view history is turned off will never show.
- You can still see view history on your documents.