![]() Also, a 500K vehicle recall for Hyundai and Kia – and I reveal why you should park your car on the street for now. Plus, I talk to a man who needs a safe space to share photos of his lost loved ones. TECH SMARTS ON THE GO: China's app threat beyond TikTok, AI's plan to take 300 mil jobs & the device most likely to hurt you For your convenience, hit the link below for a recent episode. Search for it wherever you get your podcasts. My popular podcast is called “ Kim Komando Today.” It’s a solid 30 minutes of tech news, tips, and callers with tech questions like you from all over the country. Here's one more quick security step while you mess around in your settings. ![]() Go to Settings > Privacy > Location Services.You can, however, stop sharing your location with all apps and services if you’d like. I keep this on because I want to track down my phone if it’s ever lost. Your location is used for all sorts of things in your iPhone, including Find My. Want to remove a Favorite location? Press Cmd + click a location (in the sidebar below Favorites), then choose Remove from Favorites.No time for that? Here’s how to do the job on a Mac. Swipe left on the Favorite location you want to delete, then tap Delete. If you want to remove a Favorite location, scroll to the Favorites section, then tap More.Swipe the route you want to delete from Apple Maps to the left until you see Delete.Scroll down until you see the Recents section. Pro Tip: Doing it on a Mac connected to the same Apple ID is faster. (You have to do each entry individually from your phone, so it’ll take some time. If you want a clean slate, grab your iPhone or iPad. Places like your home, work, and favorite coffee shop may be saved to your favorites. Like Google, recent destinations are saved in the Apple Maps app, making them easy to find later. Your location may still be saved when you use other Google services.ĭive deeper: See everything Google knows about you with one search Apple Maps is watching you If you turn tracking off, Google warns you may not see recommendations based on your history or trips for things like making your commute easier. You can manually delete anything before that. You can choose to auto-delete the data older than three months, older than 18 months, or older than 36 months.To completely delete your location history data, click on the Auto-delete option.Switching this off stops tracking in the future, but it will retain a copy of your history. That means you don’t even have to have Maps active as long as you’ve OK’d location reporting. Note: Google saves where you go even when you aren’t using a specific Google service. Under “History Settings,” choose Location History.You can adjust your settings to stop Google from tracking all your trips. Maybe you enjoyed the walk down memory lane. Get my 5-minute daily newsletter for more tech smarts. If your photos are synced to your account, you can see any pics you took at your destination, home, or anywhere else you went that day. Click a day to see everywhere you went, down to the time and mileage. You’ll see a blue bar if a trip was recorded. Pick a date from a couple of years ago just for fun. You can search by year or down to a specific day in the Timeline box in the top left corner. You'll see a map with details like your saved home, work locations, and trips. Under “History Settings,” click on Location History.When signed in, click on your profile picture, then select Manage your Google Account.If you’ve used Google Maps for years, there’s probably a startling amount of info about everywhere you’ve gone. You probably expect that your maps app is keeping track, but have you ever looked back to see all this tracking in action?
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