Google Maps is a popular platform that offers many useful functions especially street maps, street view, real-time traffic conditions, and route planning for traveling by foot, car, air, and public transportation, etc.
Apart from the convenience above, many users are uncomfortable in the situation where they can’t sign out Google Maps and especially its tracking location history. In this article, you can find out the solution and don’t have any problem using Google Maps.
How to stop tracking location history on Google Maps?
There is a fact that when “location history” is turned off, Google still tracks your location when you only use some of its key services including Maps, search, and the weather.
According to a report from the Associated Press, the location history feature is just one of the systems that Google uses to track location for local search, personalized services, and other purposes.
In the situation that you turn off location history, automatically Google stops recording your location for features such as the Maps timeline. However, some location data may be saved as your activity on other Google services, like Search and Maps.
When you want to perform a search, you access Google, just get the weather, or through a smartphone widget, here Google will still log your location.
To solve this problem you need to turn off a setting called “Web & App Activity”.
Now we are going to show you how to turn all of it off:
1. On an Android device:
Step 1:You first go to the Settings app
Step 2: You tap on Google settings
Step3: Then tap Google Account
Step 4: And tap on the Data & personalization tab
Step 5: Tap on Web & App Activity
Step 6: Here you toggle Web & App Activity off
Step 7: Scroll down and finally toggle Location History off as well
2. In Google Maps for Apple iOS devices:
Step 1: Firstly, tap on Google Account
Step 2: Here tap Manage your Google Account, then Personal info and privacy
Step 3: Scroll down to My Activity, which will open your settings in a web browser
Step 4: Click Activity Controls (in the left-hand navigation bar), here you can see Web & App Activity
Step 5: Then toggle Web & App Activity off
Step 6: Scroll down and finally toggle Location History off as well
3. In a web browser (mobile or desktop):
Step 1: You go to myaccount.google.com
Step 2: And sign in to your Google Account in the top right corner of the browser
Step 3: Go to Personal Info & Privacy, then choose Go to My Activity
Step 4: Here click Activity Controls (in the left-hand navigation bar), where you can see Web & App Activity
Step 5: Toggle Web & App Activity off
Step 6: Scroll down and finally toggle Location History off as well
Exit Numbers On Google Maps?
If you just want to log out Google Maps on your Àndroid, iPhone/ iPad, or computer, it’s so simple to follow these steps:
- Exit Google Maps from Android:
Step 1: On an Android device, you open the Google Maps app.
Step 2: In the upper-right, tap your profile picture
Step 3: Next to your account name, you tap the Down arrow.
Step 4: Then tap Manage accounts on this device.
Step 5: Finally, tap the account you want to remove and Remove the Account.
- Exit Google Maps from iPhone or iPad:
Step 1: On iPhone or iPad device, open the Google Maps app .
Step 2: In the upper-right, tap your profile picture.
Step 3: And next to your account name, tap the Down arrow.
Step 4: Then tap Manage accounts on this device.
Step 5: Under the account, you want to remove, here tap Remove from this device.
- Exit Google Maps from Computer:
Step1: On your computer, open Google Maps.
Step 2: In the upper- right, you click Sign in.
Step 3: To sign out, on the top right, click on your profile picture or initials and click Sign out.
Summary
Although Google Maps sometimes make you confused, with the instructions above, following carefully step by step, you can easily get the aim of your advice: sign out, stop tracking your location history while using Google Maps.
