You can choose who can find your location and how long to share your location with Google Location Sharing.
Tip: Other Google products may also allow you to share a one-time location with others.
People you share your location with can always find:
- Your name and photo.
- Your device’s recent location even when Google apps aren’t being used.
- Your device’s battery power and if it’s charging.
- Your arrival and departure time if they add a Location Sharing notification.
They may also find other info depending on how you’re sharing.
Location Sharing availability
Location Sharing works even when Location History is turned off.
You may get a warning when you open Location Sharing. Common causes include:
- You're in a country or region where you can’t share your location.
- Location Sharing isn’t available for your Google Workspace domain. To turn on Location Sharing, ask your administrator.
- You're too young to share your location.
- If your account is managed by a parent or guardian, they can manage Location Sharing with the Family Link App
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- If your account is managed by a parent or guardian, they can manage Location Sharing with the Family Link App
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Important: You must use a mobile device to share your real-time location through Location Sharing. However, you can control your Location Sharing settings from a computer. Learn how to share your location on your Android phone or tablet or iPhone or iPad.
Find someone's location
When someone shares their location with you, you can find them on your map.
- On your computer, open Google Maps
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- Click Menu
Location sharing.
- Choose someone.
Location sharing.Hide or show someone's location
If you don’t want someone’s real-time location on your map, you can hide it. You can turn their location back on at any time.
- On your computer, open Google Maps
- Click Menu
- Tap their icon.
- To temporarily hide someone, tap Hide on map.
Tip: You can permanently block someone’s location from your map. Learn how to block another person’s account.
Turn on someone’s location you’ve hidden- On your computer, open Google Maps
- Click Menu
- Hover over the hide icon next to someone.
- Click Show on map.
Stop sharing
- On your computer, open your Location Sharing settings.
- Next to the person with whom you want to stop sharing, click Stop.