Learn how to prevent the deletion of your Google Maps Timeline data scheduled for 2025 and keep your inactive Google accounts from being deleted in 2023.
Although many might think of Google as the ultimate data-gobbling corporation, it is actually on a data-deleting purge right now. Users of Gmail, Google Photos, and Google Maps need to know how to save their data. Google Maps Timeline data will be deleted in 2025 unless users take action. The exact date varies, but emails warn of May and June deadlines. The Timeline feature, formerly known as location history, contains saved visit and route data. Google says the move is security-related.
Timeline data is being relocated from Google's cloud servers to on-device storage, benefiting from improved smartphone security. Visit your Timeline to see a popup informing you of the changes. Google says to download the Google Maps app to move your data to your device and keep your location history. Google accounts inactive for two years or more will be deleted in 2023, along with their data. This purge is also for security reasons. Google says inactive accounts are less likely to have 2-step verification set up, making them more vulnerable to compromise. To ensure your accounts aren't deleted, simply use them
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