How to Clear Your Google Maps Search and Location History

Accessing Google Maps History

• 📍 Open the Google Maps app and tap on your profile picture in the top right corner.
• ⚙️ Navigate to Settings from the menu that appears.
• 🗺️ Select Map History to view your past activity.

Deleting Your Map Activity

• 🗑️ Once in Map History, scroll down to find the delete button.
• 📅 You have options to delete activity for today, a custom date range, or all time.
• ⚠️ Before confirming, you can preview what will be deleted, including specific searches and directions.
• ✅ Tap delete to confirm and clear your selected history.

Managing Auto-Delete Settings

• ⏳ Google Maps offers an auto-delete feature, which can be configured.
• 🗓️ By default, it may be set to delete activity older than a certain period (e.g., 3 months), but this can be adjusted.
• 🔒 This helps manage your location data privacy automatically.