How to view Google Maps Timeline and Location History

Folks who travel a lot will most likely visit more than a handful of places as they aim to experience what a new country has to offer, culturally. Now, because one is visiting so many restaurants, it might be difficult to remember their names and where they’re located.

View Google Maps Timeline & Location History

But not to worry because if you had an Android smartphone during your travels with Google Maps installed, then you could be in luck. As long as Location History was one, then finding the places you’ve visited shouldn’t be a difficult task at all.

Note that not everyone likes the idea of the Location History feature since it tracks the movement of users and saves the data on Google servers. If you do not like having this feature running on a regular basis, you can stop Google from Tracking Location History.

There are multiple ways to check the places you’ve visited on Google Maps, and they are on the web, iOS, and Android. Time for us to talk about this in a more detailed manner.

Check your Timeline via the web

When it comes down to checking your Google Maps timeline via the web from any supported operating system, which includes the likes of Windows 10, macOS, and Linux, users must fire up their favorite web browser.

Once that is done, visit the official Google Maps page, then click on the menu button located at the top-left corner of the screen. Once that is done, click on Your Timeline. A new window should open in a new tab, highlighting all of the places you’ve visited recently.

You can even go back multiple years to find locations that you might have forgotten about.

Check your Timeline on iOS and Android

We suspect that most people will use their mobile devices to check on their Timeline, so if you’re in that category, then keep reading.

OK, so in order to view your Timeline on Android and iOS, first open the Google Maps app and tap the Saved tab. From there, scroll down until you’ve come across Timeline. Select it, and be sure to navigate to the relevant category.

From that category, you should see a list of all the spots you have visited along with the exact dates and the number of times you have entered each.