• Google Maps: How-to Turn Off & Delete All ... Your phone knows where you've been, but should it keep a permanent record? Your Google Maps Timeline stores a detailed history of your movements. In this guide, we show you how to take back control of your location privacy. WARNING: Deleting your Timeline is permanent. You will lose all your saved location history, which can be useful for remembering places you've visited. First, we'll walk you through the Google Maps app to find and permanently delete your entire Timeline history. Then, we'll go into your Google Account's Activity Controls to show you the most important step: how to PAUSE Location History to prevent Google from saving your movements in the future. NOTE: Google offers you full control of managing your Google Activity through your Google Account My Activity Controls. To learn how-to manage My Google activity visit: https://myactivity.google.com/myactivity To learn how-to manage your Google Maps Timeline visit: https://support.google.com/maps/answe...