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How can I block giving my location to Google?

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  • i mujjee tontu mooy McCoy

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I have 'do not track selected' and I checked the location permissions in my privacy settings and no website is listed as having access to my location but Google is still displaying my location at the bottom of the page when I log in to Google

Thanks!

I have 'do not track selected' and I checked the location permissions in my privacy settings and no website is listed as having access to my location but Google is still displaying my location at the bottom of the page when I log in to Google Thanks!

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Hello username12345,

Maybe you'd like to consider one of the options that are mentioned here :

https://whatismyipaddress.com/hide-ip

Also see these search results .....

And to maybe reassure you : see these search results ......

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A website can do a reverse DNS look up of your IP address to get your location, so there is o need to use geo location in this case.

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Could you remove those links please?

Thank you

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Sorry please disregard

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Saafara yiñ Tànn

Hello username12345,

Maybe you'd like to consider one of the options that are mentioned here :

https://whatismyipaddress.com/hide-ip

Also see these search results .....

And to maybe reassure you : see these search results ......

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Thanks a lot McCoy that's all very useful information for non-techies like me :)

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username12345 said

Thanks a lot McCoy that's all very useful information for non-techies like me :)

My pleasure  !