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acknowledge this is what you want to do, and
(Alternatively, you can navigate to Hamburger click Delete.
icon > Settings > Google Location Settings > Lo- Google typically tracks your location whether you
cation and toggle off Google's location settings.) are using an app like Google Maps or not. But
you can set your phone so that this happens only
when you're actually using the app. Go to Set-
tings > Privacy > Location Services, then select
Google Maps or another app, to adjust location
settings to "While Using." This can be helpful
when you want the phone to remember where
you've been for future searches but not to con-
stantly track you
To delete all your location data, scroll down to
Location Settings and tap "Delete all Location
History." A pop-up will warn you that everything
is about to be deleted, which might affect how
Google Now and other apps that use Location
History work. If that's okay with you, check the
box next to "I understand and want to delete" and
then Delete.
If you typically use Google as your search en-
To ensure that Google no longer stores any loca- gine, it might be a good idea to switch to Bing or
tion data, you'll have to play around with your DuckDuckGo. If you'd prefer to keep using
phone's settings. Under your phone's main set- Google, you can turn off location data collection
tings menu, you can find your device's location in Settings > Privacy > Location Services > Safari
settings. You have the ability to disable location Websites, and then switch tracking off.
services for specific apps or to disable all loca- Like on Android, you can turn Location Services
tion services for the entire phone. Be advised off completely by navigating Settings >Privacy >
that many of your phone's apps and services will Location Services. This will disable Google Maps
be unusable at this point. and Apple Maps from giving you proper directions
Instead of disabling half the services on your on your phone.
phone, you may prefer to install a virtual private If you'd prefer not to disable all these features on
network (VPN) in order to keep your activity and your phone, installing a VPN is a great way to
data private. There are plenty of services to keep your activity and data private. There is a
choose from for your Android device great selection of VPN services available for iPh-
one
Web
You can also clear your history from a desktop.
Go to Google Maps and sign in to your account.
Select Menu and then Your Timeline. You'll see
every place you've been while Google Maps has
been with you.
Like on Android, select the hamburger menu, and
tap Your timeline to see recent locations. To wipe
a location out of your history, tap the three dots
on the top-right and tap "Delete the day." You
can also navigate to Settings > Maps History and
tap the "X" next to a location you want to delete.
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