Google Maps 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 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.

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.

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Maps app .
2. Tap your profile picture or initial   Your Timeline .
3. Tap More Settings and privacy.
4. Under “Location settings,” check that it says “Location is on.” If it doesn’t, tap Location is off and turn on Location.
5. 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.

When Location History is on, Timeline shows where and how you traveled, like walking, biking, driving, or on public transport. 

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Maps app .
2.  Tap your profile picture or initial   Your Timeline .
3. To find another day or month, at the top, tap Today. Swipe left or right on the calendar and tap a day.

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:

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Maps app.
2. Tap your profile picture or initial   Your Timeline .
3. Tap More Settings and privacy.
4. Tap Location History is off or Location History is on.
5. 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.

To change how Timeline measures distance:

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Maps app . 
2. Tap your profile picture or initial Settings Distance units.
3. Choose Automatic, Kilometers, or Miles.

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 Web & App Activity: If you've previously turned on Web & App Activity, 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.

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.