Manage your Timeline
Google Maps Timeline is a personal map that helps you remember routes and trips you've taken and places you've been 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 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 setting is on, and included in your photos, depending on your camera app settings.
Important: You can find Timeline on the Google Maps app version 9.12 and up. If your Google Maps app is older, go to maps.google.com/timeline on your computer or mobile browser to use Timeline.
CreateTimeline
To build your Timeline, you need to turn on your Location Services and Location History. Location History is a Google Account setting that creates Timeline, a personal map that helps you remember routes and trips you've taken and places you've been. Learn more about Location History.
- On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Maps app .
- Tapyour profile picture or initialYour Timeline .
- Tap More Settings and privacy.
- Under “Location settings,” check that it says “Location is on.” If it doesn’t, tap Location is off and turn on Location.
- Under “Location settings,” check that it says “Location History is on.” If it doesn’t, tap Location History is off and turn on Location History.
Find your travels
When Location History is on, Timeline shows where and how you traveled, like walking, biking, driving, or on public transport.
- On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Maps app .
- Tapyour profile picture or initialYour Timeline .
- To find another day or month, at the top, tap Today. Swipe left or right on the calendar andtap a day.
Tip: You can switch between the tabs at the top of the screen, such as Places, Cities, or World, and find insights about places you visited.
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.
To turn your Location History on or off:
- On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Maps app.
- Tapyour profile picture or initialYour Timeline .
- Tap More Settings and privacy.
- Tap Location History is off or Location History is on.
- Turn Location History on or off.
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.
Learn more about how to manage or delete your Location History.
When our systems indicate you may be under 18, this feature will remain turned off or unavailable.Learn more here.
Edit Timeline
Change the places that you visited & activities that you've done
If a place is wrong on Timeline, you can edit the location and when you were there.
- On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Maps app .
- Tapyour profile picture or initialYour Timeline .
- Find the wrong place on your timeline and tap it.
- Tap Edit.
- At the bottom, tap the correct place or activity in the suggestions. To search for a place, scroll to the bottom and tap Search.
- To edit when you were there, tap the time.
Tip: If is turned off, you can’t edit locations or activities on Timeline, but you can delete a day or your entire Location History.
Switch between miles & kilometers
To change how Timeline measures distance:
- On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Maps app .
- Tapyour profile picture or initial Settings Distance units.
- Choose Automatic, Kilometers, or Miles.
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 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. 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 Maps when your setting is on, and included in your photos depending on your camera app settings.
- On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Maps app .
- Tapyour profile picture or initialYour Timeline .
- At the top, tap Today. Swipe left or right on the calendar and tap the day you want to delete.
- Tap More Delete 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 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. 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 Maps when your setting is on, and included in your photos depending on your camera app settings.
- On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Maps app .
- Tapyour profile picture or initialYour Timeline .
- Tap More Settings and privacy.
- Scroll to “Location settings.”
- To delete some of your history, tap Delete Location History range.
- To delete everything, tap Delete all Location History.
Learn more about how to manage or delete your Location History.
Automatically delete your Location History
You can automatically delete Location History that’s older than 3 months, 18 months, or 36 months.
- On your Android device, open the Google Maps app.
- Tapyour profile picture or initialYour Timeline .
- At the top right, tap More Settings and Privacy.
- Scrollto “Location settings.”
- Tap Automatically delete Location History.
- Follow the on-screen instructions.
Improve the accuracy of Timeline
Occasionally, you may find mistakes on Timeline. For example, when you're in dense urban areas, Timeline may show that you visited one restaurant when in fact you dined at another nearby. You can help us improve the accuracy of Timeline to limit mistakes by doing the following:
- Turn on : If you've previously turned on , Timeline uses information from your use of other Google products during the time it was on. This activity can include info about your location from your device’s general area and IP address. For example, if you searched for a local restaurant, Timeline considers that information when determining whether you visited that restaurant or the one next door.
- Confirm where you’ve been: You can manually confirm the places that you've been by recording them directly on Timeline.
Save your search & browsing activity with Google
When you turn on and sign in to your Google Account, Google saves searches and browsing activity, including related information like location. This activity can include info about your location from your device’s general area and IP address. This information improves Google’s understanding of where you may have traveled, which makes Timeline more accurate.
Turn on Web & App Activity
- On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Maps app .
- Tapyour profile picture or initialYour Timeline .
- Tap More Settings and privacy.
- Under “App history,” choose Web & App Activity is off.
- Turn on Web & App Activity.
Tip: If is turned off, you can’t edit locations or activities on Timeline, but you can delete a day or your entire Location History.
Tips & tricks
Find the last time that you visited a place
If your visit to a place is in Timeline, you can find the last time that you visited in Google Maps.
- On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Maps app .
- Tapyour profile picture or initialYour Timeline .
- Select a place from Timeline.
- Tap Details.
- Scroll until you find Timeline . Next to this icon, you can find information about the last time you visited.
Tip: You can only find this info if the place is already in your Timeline.
Find your home & work on Timeline
If you've saved your home and work addresses to Google, 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.
You’re in control
You can always review your data, and any choices you make here, at activity.google.com or your Timeline.
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