Google Maps Timeline

Manage your Timeline

Google Maps Timeline shows an estimate of places that you may have been and routes that you may have taken based on your Location History. You can edit your Timeline anytime. You can also delete your Location History – including time ranges – in Timeline anytime. Timeline is private, so that only you can see it, and it’s available on mobile and desktop.

If you have other settings like Web & App Activity turned on and you pause Location History or delete location data from Location History, you may still have location data saved in your Google Account as part of your use of other Google sites, apps and services. For example, location data may be saved as part of activity on Search and Google Maps when your Web and App Activity setting is on, and included in your photos, depending on your camera app settings.

See your travels

You can see how far you've travelled and the way that you travelled from place to place, such as walking, biking, driving or on public transport. Whether Timeline measures distances in miles or kilometres is based on your country.

  1. On your computer, open Google Maps.
  2. Sign in with the same Google Account that you use on your mobile device.
  3. In the top left, click Menu Menu.
  4. Click Timeline Timeline.
  5. To see another date, at the top, choose a day, month and year.

Tip: To see places that you've visited recently, click Menu Menu and then Your places and then Visited.

See your home and work on Timeline

If you've saved your home and work addresses, they'll show up on Timeline. In addition to Timeline, this information may also be used in other Google products and services.

Learn how to set your home and work addresses.

Edit Timeline

If a place is wrong on Timeline, you can edit the location and when you were there. To do this, turn on Web & App Activity:

  1. On your computer, go to Timeline.
  2. Find the place that you want to change on Timeline and click the Down arrow Down arrow.
  3. Choose the correct place or search for a place in the search box.
  4. To edit when you were there, click the time.

Note: If Web & App Activity is turned off, you won’t be able to edit locations or activities on Timeline, but you can delete a day or your entire Location History. 

Find Google Photos in Timeline

You can view your Google Photos in Timeline. To control whether your Google Photos appear in Timeline or not, follow these steps:

  1. On your computer, go to Timeline.
  2.  In the bottom right, click Settings Settings and then Timeline settings.
  3. Under 'Timeline', find 'Google Photos'.
    • To stop photos from showing up on Timeline, make sure that the switch is off.
    • To show photos on Timeline, make sure that the switch is on.

Tip: You can remove photos from Timeline, but this won't result in them or their metadata being deleted from Google Photos.

Remove photos

Photos show up on Timeline when they're uploaded to Google Photos. You can delete photos from Timeline, but they won't be deleted from Google Photos.

  1. On your computer, go to Timeline.
  2. In the top right of the photo, click the tick mark for each photo that you want to delete.
  3. Choose Remove photo.

Delete a day

Important: When you delete information from Timeline, it’s permanent. You won’t be able to see your Location History information on Timeline again. If you have other settings like Web & App Activity turned on and you delete Location History, you may still have location data saved in your Google Account as part of your use of other Google sites, apps and services. For example, location data may be saved as part of activity on Search and Maps when your Web & App Activity setting is on, and included in your photos depending on your camera app settings.

  1. On your computer, go to Timeline.
  2. Click on the day that you want to delete.
  3. In the panel on the left, go to the top right and click Delete Delete .
  4. Choose Delete day.

Delete Location History

You can delete all or part of your Location History.

Important: When you delete information from Timeline, it’s permanent. You won’t be able to see your Location History information on Timeline again. If you have other settings like Web & App Activity turned on and you delete Location History, you may still have location data saved in your Google Account as part of your use of other Google sites, apps and services. For example, location data may be saved as part of activity on Search and Maps when your Web & App Activity setting is on, and included in your photos depending on your camera app settings.

To delete Location History, follow the steps below.

  1. On your computer, go to Timeline.
  2. In the bottom right, click Delete Delete . You can also click Settings Settings​ and then Delete all location history.
  3. Click Delete location history.

Automatically delete your Location History

You can choose to automatically delete Location History that’s older than three months or 18 months.

  1. On your computer, go to Timeline.
  2. In the bottom right, click Settings Settingsand then Auto-delete Location History.
  3. Follow the on-screen instructions.

Turn on or pause Location History

When you turn on Location History, Google records your location data and places in your Google Account, even when you're not using Google Maps. To turn on or pause your Location History, follow the steps below:

  1. On your computer, go to Timeline.
  2. Click Settings Settings and then Enable Location History or Pause Location History.

Learn more about how to manage your Location History.

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