Open bing.com/profile/history, type a word from the search you remember in the Search your history box, and press Enter. Narrow it down with the type filter (web, images, videos, news) and the date filter.
Bing's history page has its own search box, so you don't need to scroll through months of entries to find that recipe, product or article you looked up once.
Step by step
- Go to bing.com/profile/history and sign in with the Microsoft account you were using.
- Click the Search your history box above the activity list.
- Type any word you remember from the search, then press Enter.
- Select a result to run that search again and get back to the page.
Narrow the results
- Type filter: choose Images if you were looking for a picture, Videos for a clip, and so on.
- Date filter: pick a range if you know roughly when you searched.
- Try fewer words: the box matches the words of the original search, so one distinctive word works better than a whole sentence.
When the search is not in your Bing history
- You searched from another browser while signed out. Open the history page in that browser.
- You found it through Copilot. Check your chat list at copilot.microsoft.com; see Copilot chat history.
- You remember the page, not the search. Your browser history is a better bet: press Ctrl+H (Cmd+Y in Safari on Mac) and search there.
- History was off or cleared. Nothing was saved in that period.
Search the full list in your account
For older entries, the Microsoft privacy dashboard lists every search saved to your account. You can also download it as a file and use your spreadsheet's find function to search years of history at once.
Frequently asked questions
Can I search my Bing history by date?
Yes. Use the date filter on the history page to show a specific period, then scan or search within it.
Does the history search include websites I clicked?
No, it searches the queries you typed. To find a page you visited, search your browser's history instead.