Flexible privacy settings for your Google Maps profile

[kmajewski]

Whether you review coffee shops or add information about health clinics, sharing your local knowledge on Google Maps helps others know where to go in your city. The info you post is listed in Your contributions so people who land on your profile can see your expertise and impact. For those who feel like that reveals too much, you now have the option to update your profile settings.

Here’s how you can hide the list of your contributions from your profile. Please note that each contribution is still visible on the relevant place page that appears on Google Maps.

Here’s how on Google Maps for Android and iOS:

• Open the Google Maps App
• Go to the menu on the top left and select Settings
• Tap Personal content
• Under “Profile settings,” turn off Show contributions on your profile

Here’s how on your desktop:

• Open Google Maps
• Go to the menu on the top left and select Your contributions
• Click Contribute, then click Profile settings
• Turn off Show contributions on your public profile

[FaridTDF]

Una muy buena opción @kmajewski , para permitir tener más control sobre todo lo que compartimos en Google Maps.

Gracias por compartir

Saludos Farid

[OSAMA]

one of the best options many many thanks @kmajewski :))))

yeah we need some privacy , sometimes i visited a country or a place and wrote a reviews , and dont want all to know that i am here , i have deleted mnay reviews and photos before for this reason :))))

[ShravanJain]

Thank you for the new features,many are facing this problem about their privacy.

Now it’s more user friendly,

@kmajewski

Regards

@shravan

[Gio51x]

hello @kmajewski

thanks for the very interesting link, I keep my reviews public are practically all positive, it is difficult to write negative reviews with a star and with descriptions that can alter the business of the reviewed activity; I did not know this screening function anyway, for now I keep them public, then I take care of them one by one, and at the max they can even screen individually?

[carriedeps]

Thanks for sharing this new feature in Google Maps, @kmajewski . Great move! Cheers!

[NirmalTeja]

Thank you @kmajewski for adding new privacy settings feature helpful to all local guides

[deeppancholi]

Yehh!!

Awesome Feature! Thank you @kmajewski for sharing

[JanVanHaver]

Just like a lot of businesses have no clue about claiming their business, a lot of local guides have no clue that everything they publish can be seen by everyone clicking on their profile.

Having the choice now to switch this on or off is great.

[BakulMehta]

@kmajewski

Thanks.

It’s a very good features added by Google.

Privacy problem resolved by adding this on map.

[JohnPeter]

Very useful settings, recently I read a news, that a shop owner traveled as for as to catch the negative reviwer to take revenge.

[vivekvajmera]

Most awaited feature is finally here, thank you Team Google Maps & Local Guide for launching this

[LucioV]

I will not use it, but I know many will appreciate!

[selormOnray]

Wow great, I love this feature @kmajewski

[Venance]

Thank you @kmajewski

It’s very useful

[OmerAli]

@kmajewski

Thanks for the update.

That’s a wonderful step towards privacy, I hope Google will introduce content based privacy in near future as well

[OmarBD]

@kmajewski Thank you very much for your information. I have to done.

Best of Luck!!

[NunungAfuah]

@kmajewski thanks for the information.

[swapnildabade24]

Hey @kmajewski , it is very helpful feature for those who are honestly do their job of begin Local Guide and try to share their original views to help others. Thanks google map team for this new feature.

[KarenVChin]

Thanks for writing this @kmajewsk. Given what is currently going on with personal social media accounts, it is nice to know there are now ways to provide some privacy to your Google Maps profile.

Cheers,

Karen