The search giant will block third party tracking by default for people searching the web in private...
Google has agreed to delete billions of records and submit to some restrictions on its power to track users, under the terms of a proposed legal settlement.
Google is supporting the deal, though it disputes the claims.
On Monday, Google also agreed to delete "Hundreds of billions" of private browsing data records it had collected, the court filing said.
Google is still facing lawsuits from individuals over privacy violations, which could lead to financial penalties.
The lawsuit had claimed that despite its suggestions to the contrary, Google had tracked users' activity even when they set the Google Chrome browser to "Incognito" mode and other browsers to "Private mode".
The legal battle revealed documents in which Google employees described Incognito as "Effectively a lie" and "a confusing mess", according to Monday's court filing.
Last year, Judge Yvonne Rogers rejected Google's bid to have the case dismissed, saying she could not agree that users consented to allowing Google to collect information on their browsing activity.
In the US, Google and its parent company Alphabet are facing two separate monopoly cases brought by the federal government.
Google settles lawsuit for 'private mode' tracking.
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