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Google Maps users have recently been complaining on places like Reddit that their Timeline data — the app’s historical record of where they’ve been — had disappeared. Now, Google has confirmed that it accidentally deleted the data and that anyone who wasn’t using Google’s cloud backups is out of luck.

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The good news is that it's not all people. Google Maps' Timeline feature (formerly known as Location History) is to some people extremely creepy and

Google Maps timelines are disappearing, and not only is there no guaranteed fix for the issue right now, it isn’t clear if this is a permanent removal or only a temporary glitch. At first glance ...

After multiple Reddit users complained about losing years of their Timeline data earlier this month, Google has now sent them emails saying that the data loss was caused by a tech

The timeline, as the function is called in German ... There are numerous complaints on social networks and in the Google Maps help section. However, not all of them are really justified.

As part of a recent privacy-focused update, Google has moved all Timeline data storage to users’ devices, eliminating cloud-based access. Users were instructed to open the Google Maps app and adjust their settings to preserve location history and maintain access to the Timeline feature.

Google has confirmed that a technical issue caused the deletion of timeline data for some Google Maps users, affecting those who had not enabled cloud backups, according to a recent report by The ...