Today the mobile phone has become an essential tool, without which it would be difficult for us to carry out many of the actions we carry out throughout the day. The mobile phone, apart from allowing us to make calls , has become a basic when searching for information on the Internet , sending and receiving mails , taking photos or videos and sharing them through instant messaging applications or social networks and much more of possibilities..
One of the most widespread mobile phone uses is the GPS function , thanks to which searching for a certain location is much simpler. When we use GPS applications, such as Google Maps or iPhone Maps, the history of sites we have been through or searched for is information that is recorded in the application. This may be useful in different situations, but it may be that for various reasons you prefer that this information is not reflected in the terminal.
It is for this reason that today, in TechnoWikis , we will explain how to clear the history of Maps in one of the terminals of the time of the Apple brand: The iPhone XR..
For this you will have to:
Note
In this video you can see the steps on an iPhone Xs, but the steps on iPhone XR are similar.
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1. How to clear Maps history on iPhone XR
To clear the history in the Maps application you will have to follow these steps on your iPhone:
Step 1
Enter the Maps application from your iPhone XR. At the bottom of the screen the places you have searched for from this application will appear in a list. If you scroll up this list will be broken down and you can see more of these locations to select the ones you want to delete.
Step 2
To remove one of these locations, click on it and slide it to the left.
Step 3
A pop-up menu will appear, where you will have to press the "Delete bookmark" option.
Step 4
If what you want is to delete a route that you have made and that was registered on your iPhone you will have to move to the left the address to be deleted. After this in the upper left corner 2 options will appear. Click on "Delete" in red and you are done.
2. How to clear Google Maps history on iPhone XR
If it’s the Google application you use as GPS, you can also delete the history if you do it this way:
Step 1
Enter Google Maps and once inside click on the 3 horizontal lines icon next to the search bar.
Step 2
A window will appear, where you must click on “Settings†to continue.
Step 3
One of the settings options is “Maps Historyâ€. Press here.
Step 4
Here you will see a list of your searches on Maps. Click on the "X" on the right to delete a search.
Step 5
A new popup window will appear. Click on "Delete" to confirm the action and you will be done.
It will be that simple to delete the location history in Maps and Maps on iPhone XR.