Comment Comment by slownews45 Location history is default off - but in general is useful enough you'll want to turn it on. To have it turned on you would need to* Sign into your google account* Turned on location history (google account level) - default is off* Turn on location reporting (device level option).---A reasonable balance I've found is to have Google delete old location history - to do that you go to Google Maps Timelinehttp://www.google.com/maps/timelineThen do automatically delete location history. This deletes after some time. So you get the benefits of history without the forever record.---You can also see what location history has been tracked for you with Takeout. Some cool visualizers there. parent slownews45 5 years ago
* Sign into your google account
* Turned on location history (google account level) - default is off
* Turn on location reporting (device level option).
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A reasonable balance I've found is to have Google delete old location history - to do that you go to Google Maps Timeline
http://www.google.com/maps/timeline
Then do automatically delete location history. This deletes after some time. So you get the benefits of history without the forever record.
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You can also see what location history has been tracked for you with Takeout. Some cool visualizers there.