There are really two ways to disable this Google Maps history, although both are very easy to carry out. If you are not interested in the Mountain View tracking your location, whether you are traveling or on a day-to-day basis, find out how to disable it.
What is location history for?
It is a function that Google implemented some time ago to determine the places visited or the route taken during a trip, supposedly to offer a personalized service to each user. This leads us to think that it may be a full-fledged follow-up, to recommend products and services that are in accordance with our tastes.
Of course, this function belonging to Google Mobile Services, allows us to determine our position in case of disappearance or in case of loss of the mobile device. In this way, it is not always negative to have the location history activated.
How to turn off location history from Google Maps
The first option is to deactivate it from the browser app itself. To do this, we navigate through the menu that is displayed by pressing the three horizontal bars at the top.
- We will see a section called «Saved», at the bottom.
- We go to the three vertical points to access «Settings»
- We go to “Location settings“, where another menu appears.
- We go down to where it says “Location history is on.”
- We enter that section and we can deactivate it with a sliding button.
- We also have the option of not only deactivating, but also completely clearing history in “Delete location history”, as well as activating automatic deletion for the future.
You can also deactivate the history from the Google app
There is the possibility that, for reasons of use or lack of space, we do not have Google Maps installed or it is disabled. In that case, we can deactivate the history from the Google app itself. With the application already open, we must follow the following steps:
- We go to the “More” section, represented by three horizontal dots.
- In that menu, we click on our profile photo, where a button called “Manage your Google account” is displayed.
- We scroll through the menus until we find “Data and Personalization”.
- We go down a bit, and we will see the option of «Location History». We press and we can also deactivate the Google chronology.