Google Maps: How to delete your history

Google Maps: How to delete your history

Google Maps is an essential traveling companion thanks toits wealth of useful features. It stores a history of everything you searched and places you visited (if you turned on location data). This feature can be handy if you need to pull up something you searched before. Still, you may want to delete your Google Maps search history for privacy reasons.

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What happens when I delete my Google Maps search history?

Deleting your Google Maps search history prevents searched items from appearing in your recent searches. You can delete individual items or items within a custom range (or even all time). You can also auto-delete location history in Google Maps.

Removing an item from your Google Maps search history doesn’t remove the place from lists. Your reviews of a location also remain. If you want to delete these items, you must find and remove them manually.

Clear your search history using your Android phone or tablet

If your Android phone is handy, clearing your search history takes a couple of steps from within the Google Maps app:

After tapping delete, you are presented with four options:

To delete a single search activity, scroll down and tap theXnext to it.

Clear your Google Maps search history on your iPhone or iPad

Deleting your Google Maps search history on iOS is as simple as clearing it on Android. We use Google Maps on iPad in the steps below.

Places you saved, shared, or reviewed are not deleted when you clear your Google Maps search history.

Clear your search history using your computer’s browser

Google Maps is the perfect companion while you’re out and about. However, you’ll likely use it on a desktop computer when planning a trip. Here’s how to delete your search history on a desktop browser:

Deleting your Google Maps timeline and location history

Google Maps can track your location, storing the data in a timeline on Google Maps. This can be handy when you want to review where you’ve been, but deleting your location history is simple.

Delete your timeline using your Android phone

Reviewing and editing your timeline using your Android phone is straightforward and accessible.

Delete your location history using your Android phone

Google also lets you clear your location history or automatically delete it after a while. The process is simple.

Delete your timeline and location history on your iPhone or iPad

The process for deleting your timeline and location history in the Google Maps iOS app is mostly identical to the Android version.

How to delete your timeline and location history on a desktop browser

You can delete your location history on a desktop computer, but there are fewer options than on a mobile device. While it lets you access and delete specific items from your timeline, it doesn’t let you explore it with as much granularity as on your mobile.

Using the desktop version of your timeline, you can delete your entire history or set auto-deletion settings.

These steps don’t prevent Google from continuing to save your location history. If you want to stop it from recording your whereabouts and clear your history,turn off location history.

Keep your private data off the cloud

Google Maps collects a lot of data, some of which is useful to you. Google’s map solution remains unmatched due to a long list of features, accurate location tracking, a handy immersive view, street view, and more. If you plan to travel to dense areas in your upcoming summer trip, make sure todownload maps offline.

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