Google Maps Timeline

Manage your Timeline

Google Maps Timeline is a personal map that helps you remember routes and trips that you've taken and places that you've been to based on your Location History. You can edit your Timeline at any time and delete your Location History in Timeline.

If you have settings like Web & App Activity turned on and you turn off 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. This activity can include info about your location from your device’s general area and IP address. For example, location data may be saved as part of activity on Search and Google Maps when your Web & App Activity setting is on, and included in your photos, depending on your camera app settings.

Find your travels

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

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 .
4. Click Timeline .
5. To find another date, at the top, choose a day, month and year.

Find your home and work on Timeline

If you've saved your home and work addresses, they 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.

Tip: To find places that you've visited recently, click Saved Visited.

Edit Timeline

If a place is wrong on Timeline, you can edit the location and when you were there. 

1. On your computer, go to Timeline.
2. Find the place that you want to change on Timeline and click the 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.

Delete a day

Important: When you delete Location History info from Timeline, you can't view it on Timeline in the future. 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 the day that you want to delete.
3. In the panel on the left, go to the top right and click Delete .
4. Click Delete day.

Delete Location History

Important: When you delete Location History info from Timeline, you can't view it on Timeline in the future. 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:

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

 

Automatically delete your Location History

You can automatically delete Location History that’s older than 3 months, 18 months or 36 months.

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

Turn Location History on or off

When you turn on Location History, your precise device location is regularly saved – to your devices and Google’s servers, even when Google apps aren’t being used, and creates your Timeline.

1. On your computer, go to Timeline.
2. Click Settings Turn on Location History or Turn off Location History.

Learn more about how to manage your Location History.

You’re in control

You can always review your data, and any choices you make here, at activity.google.com or your Timeline.