How To Turn Off Your Google Location History

Google Maps can keep a log of everywhere you go. If you find that more creepy than useful, it's easy to disable.

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Google Maps has introduced tons of innovative features over the years, from 3D driving directions to telling you how crowded a business is. One particular feature is more divisive: your location timeline, which logs everywhere you've traveled for later reference. As useful as this option can be, perhaps helping you recall the name of a restaurant you stumbled upon long ago, it can also feel like an invasion of privacy.

For many people, having a log of your location constantly running in the background is too much like Big Brother. If that data fell into the wrong hands, someone could learn a lot about you. It's worth noting that Google has shifted from storing your location history on the cloudto locally on your device...

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