Google Maps Timeline: find and check your travel history

Learn where to check recorded trips before opening them on a larger screen.

Start on the phone that recorded the trip

In Google Maps, open your profile and choose Your Timeline. Check the account and pick a day you remember well. Timeline is optional: turning it on now does not reconstruct earlier travel. If a recent day is missing, review Timeline and location permissions before assuming that an export failed.

Google Maps Timeline: find and check your travel history — Our web app, shown in English. Sample data or manual example selections; no personal travel history.

Bring a copy to your computer

Export the available history and open the JSON in Timeline Viewer. Compare a familiar day with the phone, including the first and last stop. The viewer reads your copy; it does not connect to your Google account or change the phone’s history. Missing source records remain missing.

Enable, browse and troubleshoot Timeline

Open Google Maps → profile → Your Timeline → More → Location & privacy settings. Check both device location and Timeline recording. On iPhone, allow Google Maps location access Always when Timeline requests it; app and OS wording varies.
Use the calendar to open a specific day. Review visits and travel segments, and use the available place or city views to find familiar stops. Correct a wrongly identified visit in Google Maps before exporting a new copy.
If recording stops, check permissions, device location, app updates and restrictions on background activity. A work or school account can have organisational restrictions. Enabling Timeline today does not backfill older days.
Review auto-delete separately from backup. Decide how long records should remain, then inspect the cloud backup control for this device. Backups are opt-in per device and may lag recent changes.
For a computer, export from the phone and open the JSON in Timeline Viewer. For a supported tablet, Google Maps can import an available device backup. The Google Maps desktop website does not display on-device Timeline.

What to check

The official Google help page explains export, backup and auto-delete settings. A JSON export cannot add visits that were never recorded.

Open Timeline in the Google Maps app on the phone that recorded the trip.
Review backup and auto-delete settings before exporting a JSON file for this site.

Try it in your browser

Open Timeline Viewer →

Timeline JSON, selected photos and optional audio are read on your device to create your video. This site does not receive those file contents.