# Google Gmail tracks purchase history — how to delete it

<https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/17/google-gmail-tracks-purchase-history-how-to-delete-it.html>

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## What Jamie wrote

It surprises me that people would be surprised that Google would index the email receipts that you receive to augment to your profile for advertising. Of course they would. It’s a cheap and very effective way to see purchasing activity all around the web, and in some cases offline!

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- [WT107: Weekly Thing #107 / May 25, 2019](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/107/), Notable Links 📌

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