Google Maps Might Have Deleted Your Location History, With a Small Chance of Recovery
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Summary
A number of Google Maps users have reported the disappearance of Timeline data, which previously helped users remember the routes, trips and places they had visited, from their accounts.
In 2024, Google stopped storing this data in the cloud, instead opting to store it on individual smartphones to protect user privacy and security.
However, in a recent social media storm, and after confirmation from Google, it appears that the data was accidentally deleted from many users’ phones due to a technical issue.
There is a method for recovering the data for those who had encrypted backups enabled, but many will have lost the information for good.
Google has suggested that this was an accident and not an intentional change or user error.
