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Manage location permissions for google.com. On your computer, open your browser and go to google.com. At the top left, in the address bar, click Lock Site settings Location. In some browsers you may need to right-click the address bar or check the settings menu. Select Allow or Block for google.com.
If the blue dot appears and shows your location, then Maps already has location permission in your browser. If there’s a message that says "Google Maps does not have permission to use your location," continue to the next steps. In the search bar, click My location . Click Blocked temporarily . Refresh your browser.
Select Location and change your location settings. Clearing your cache and cookies may also help resolve location issues. Using a Chrome device at work or school? Your network administrator might manage location settings for you, in which case you may not be able to can't change them via these directions. Learn about using a managed Chrome device.
Add your current location to your search, like coffee shops in Chelsea. Check that your device sends location to Google when you search. Follow the steps below to manage your device location settings. You can help Google give you better results from your home or work when you set: Your home address. Your work address.
If you believe your device’s IP-address is causing Google products to show content for the wrong country, you can report it here. We'll investigate your report and, if necessary, pass the details on to our engineering team. Updates to IP addresses may take more than a month. If no updates are made, your report won't be stored.
When I clicked on my service Avast, there was more then one US location to connect to; so I switched to another, and and now my searches are back in the U.S. I've been on the internet since 1970, and it's just as F-up now as it was back then; nobody can keep up with the technology! My first real computer,(I built myself) in 1970.
Normally, Google gets your location based on your IP address among other things, so you might see activity from locations that are approximate to your actual location. If your ISP or Carrier has their internet gateways in someplace a bit distant, that could show up as a possible location. Learn more about how Google gets your location, here.
Choose location mode (Android 4.4—8.1) High accuracy: Use GPS, Wi-Fi, mobile networks, and sensors to get the most accurate location. Use Google Location Services to help estimate your device's location faster and more accurately. Battery saving: Use sources that use less battery, like Wi-Fi and mobile networks.
There are a few reasons you may see multiple IP addresses or locations in your activity: If you use POP or IMAP to read your mail on other services, like Apple Mail or Microsoft Outlook, this location information will be included, too. If you use Mail Fetcher, a Google IP will show up because your messages are being fetched through a Google server.
The router assigns IP addresses in numerical order (for example, 192.168.1.2, 192.168.1.3, and so on) and reassigns IP addresses after they are released by devices that are turned off or leave the area covered by the network. (So the IP address of a particular device is not necessarily the same every time it connects.)