Save favorite places

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Save your favorite places on Maps to easily find them on any computer, phone, or tablet.

Tips:

• To find an unnamed address easily, learn how to give a place a private label.
• To save and find favorite places on Maps, make sure you sign in to your Google Account.
• Saved Lists are limited to 3,000 entries. Lists with more entries may not display properly.

Save a place

You can add your favorite places to a list to find them easily later. Saving a place is different from downloading an offline area or adding a place. Learn how to download an offline area or add a place to Google Maps.

To save a place:

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Maps app .
2. Search for a place, tap a marker, or touch and hold a spot on the map.
3. At the bottom of the screen, tap the name or address of the place.
4. Tap Save  and choose a list. 

Only you can find your saved places unless you create and share a list of places. Google may anonymously share combined information about users’ saved places.

Save Your places to a list

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Maps app .
2. Tap You  See all.
3. Touch and hold the place you’d like to select.
   • To select other places, tick the check box beside them.
   • To select all places, tap Select all.
4. Tap Save.
5. Select an existing list or create a new one.
   • To create a new list, tap New list .
6. Tap Done.

Find your saved places

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Maps app .
2. Tap You 
3. Under "Your lists," select a list.

Search for a saved place

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Maps app .
2. Tap the search box.
3. Enter the name of the place you saved.
4. Tap the search suggestion for the place.

Get directions to a saved place

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Maps app .
2. Tap You 
3. Find your saved place and tap it.
4. Tap Directions .

Delete a saved place

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Maps app .
2. Tap You .
3. In the list that includes the place you want to remove, tap More Edit list.
4. Next to the place you want to remove, tap Remove .