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How to Clear Google Maps History on iPhone and Android

By: Waseem Patwegar

Google Maps History includes all the locations that you search and navigate using Google Maps. You will find below the steps to Clear Google Maps History on iPhone and Android Phone.

Clear Google Maps History on iPhone and Android

Clear Google Maps History

It is normal to search for one time destinations on Google Maps and navigate to places that you are not likely to visit again. All these locations are stored in your Google Maps History and may even appear as suggested locations in Google Maps.

Hence, you may want to clear Google Maps history, instead of allowing these one-time destinations to be sitting in your Google Maps history forever.

Luckily, Google makes it really easy to clear your entire Google Maps history at once or select and delete the locations individually from your Google Maps history.

Clear Google Maps History on iPhone or iPad

Follow the steps below to remove Google Maps History on your iPhone or iPad.

1. Open Google Maps on your iPhone.

2. Once you are in Google Maps, tap on the 3-line Menu icon located at the top-left corner of your screen.

Google Maps Menu Icon

3. From the drop-down menu, tap on Settings.

Google Maps Settings Option on iPhone

4. On the Settings screen, scroll down and tap on Maps History located under “Account Settings” section.

Google Maps History Tab on iPhone

5. On the next screen (myactivity.google.com), you will see your entire Google Maps History. You can either delete individual items, Filter Activities by date or clear your entire Google Maps history at once.

To delete entire Google Maps history, type Maps in the search field and hit the Enter key. After the search results are populated, tap on the 3-dots More icon and tap on Delete Results.

Clear All Google Maps History on iPhone

In the pop-up that appears, tap on OK to confirm.

To delete individual items, tap on the 3-dots icon located next to the item that you want to delete and tap on the Delete option in the menu that appears.

Delete Individual Google History Items on iPhone

Filter By Date: Filter by Date option allows you to Filter Google Maps History by last 7 days, last 30 days or by custom date range.

Filter Google History by Date on iPhone

In the Filtered search results, you can delete items that you do not want to appear in your Google Maps History.

Clear Google Maps History on Android Phone

The steps to Clear Google Maps History on your Android Phone are almost the same as on iPhone. However, on Android Phone, you can only delete locations history items one by one.

1. Open Google Maps on your Android Phone or Tablet.

2. Tap on the Menu icon located at the top-left corner of your screen.

Google Maps Menu Icon

3. From the drop-down menu, tap on Settings.

Google Maps Settings Option on Android Phone

4. On the Settings screen, scroll down and tap on Maps History option.

Google Maps History Option on Android Phone

5. On the next screen, you will see your entire Google Maps History. Tap on the X mark next to the items that you want to delete.

Delete Google Maps History on Android Phone

As mentioned above, you can only delete individual items in Google Maps History on Android Phone.

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