On your mobile device, you can post photo updates of a place. These updates are visual posts that you contribute to so that you can share updates about a place, like:
- Changes to business hours
- Seasonal menus
- New products or services
- Renovations
- Exhibits
- COVID-19 updates
For places that have multiple photo updates, the most recent update shows up first.
Post a photo update
- Open the Google Maps app
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- Search for a place or tap it on the map.
- If you get multiple locations in your search, tap the location you want to update.
- At the bottom, tap the place's name or address.
- At the top, tap Updates.
- Scroll and tap Post a photo update.
Find photo updates
You can find photo updates that you or others made.
Find your photo updates
- Open the Google Maps app
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- Tap Contribute
View your profile.
- Under "Reviews," find your photo update.
Find photo updates from others
- Open the Google Maps app
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- Search for a place or tap it on the map.
- For full photo updates, tap Updates.
- For individual photo updates, tap Photos.
Delete photo updates
When you delete photo updates from Google Maps, they're automatically deleted from Google Search.
- On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Maps app
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- Tap Contribute
View your profile.
- Under "Other contributions," find your photo update.
- If you can’t find your photo update, you can find the photo for the photo update under “Reviews.” In "Reviews," you can only delete individual photos and not the whole update.
- Tap the update or photo you want to delete.
- In the top right, tap Remove
Delete.
Photos you delete from Google Maps aren't automatically deleted from:
- Your phone or tablet’s gallery
- Google Photos, if you have back up & sync turned on
- Google Drive, if you have sync turned on
Tip: If you remove all the photos that are part of a photo update, all text in the update is also removed. As long as there are still photos in the photo update, the remaining photos and text still shows up.
Report a photo update
If you find something inappropriate or inaccurate in a photo update, let us know.
- Search for a place or tap it on the map.
- Tap Updates. Then, select the photo update you want to report.
- In the top, tap Report
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- Select or enter the reason for your report.