Check your Google Maps NOW: Navigation app will permanently delete important data from your account - here's how to save it
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Google Maps users have been urged to act now to avoid permanently losing their important data. Starting next year, the popular navigation app will begin deleting users' personal Timeline from its servers. Originally known as Location History, this feature tracks Google Maps users' every movement, keeping a record of places visited and routes taken.
![[In emails sent to Google Maps users, the tech giant has announced it will be ending its 'Timeline' feature from June 9, 2025, and deleting any user data]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/17/12/93229155-14201173-image-a-20_1734439324306.jpg)
However, according to emails received by Google Maps users, this feature is set to vanish from June 9, 2025, along with almost a decade of user data. Google says it will be moving users' movement history from the cloud to a more secure on-device option.
![[The 'Timeline' feature was introduced in 2015 under the name 'Location History'. This feature keeps a record of everywhere your phone goes so that users can revisit locations in the future]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/17/12/93231309-14201173-The_Timeline_feature_was_introduced_in_2015_under_the_name_Locat-a-25_1734439870470.jpg)
While this will give users more protection against hackers, it also means that any unsaved location history will soon be lost. Once the change comes, Google Maps will only keep the last 90 days of Timeline data unless users make a backup to their personal device.
![[Google Maps Timeline has a record of everywhere you have been even when you weren't navigating. However, Google will now move this data from the cloud onto your device, deleting everything but the last 90 days of activity]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/17/13/93229131-14201173-Google_Maps_Timeline_has_a_record_of_everywhere_you_have_been_ev-a-29_1734440553869.jpg)
So, if you don't want to lose your location history, here's how you can save your data from deletion. From next year, Google will start to permanently delete users' important Google Maps Data - here's how you can keep yours. In emails sent to Google Maps users, the tech giant has announced it will be ending its 'Timeline' feature from June 9, 2025, and deleting any user data.
![[Google has already shut down the web version of the Timeline feature since the data will only be stored on the device in your pocket and not shared across accounts]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/17/12/93231315-14201173-image-a-27_1734439889602.jpg)
While you might not have even known it was on, Google Maps' Timeline feature has likely been recording your location throughout the entire time you've used the app. If the feature is activated, Google Maps uses GPS data to record routes you have taken and places you have visited whenever your phone's location services are on, even if you're not navigating at the time.
![[To keep your data from being deleted you need to make a local backup of your Timeline data. This will ensure that you can keep all your information after Google deletes your route history from the cloud]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/17/12/93231313-14201173-image-a-28_1734440055939.jpg)
