How to Set Your Home Address in Google Maps

Makes it easy to find your way back

Google Maps is one of the mostpopular mapping appsthat makes it easy for you to navigate different locations.

With a single click or tap, you can quickly find your home address instead of having to set up the route each time you want to travel.

If you have your account set up with an old home address, you can fix that by changing the home address in just a few taps.

How to Set Home in Google Maps

You can set your home address in Google Maps using a browser on your computer or via the Google Maps app on Android or iPhone.

If you’re using a Windows PC or Mac, you can set your Home in Google Maps and avoid having to type your home address each time. To do this, you must sign into your Google account.

Note: If you use the same Google account to set your Home address in Google Maps on your browser, the address will sync to your smartphone. Each time you ask the app for directions home, the app will automatically bring up directions to your saved Home address. See instructions at the end of this article.

You can use the same steps to change the address if you change your physical location or accidentally enter the wrong address on Maps.

If you no longer want your Home address in Google Maps, you can delete it from the list. SelectMenu>Your places>Labeledand then select theXnext to the Home address to remove it.

Setting your home address in Google Maps on Android devices is straightforward.

How to Find Your Saved Home Address

When you’re in an unfamiliar location and you’re not sure how to navigate, the first thing you’d want to do is find your way home.

Google Maps allows you to store your home address, so you don’t have to keep typing the address.

Now that you’ve set your Home address, you just need to ask Google Maps for directions home, and it will automatically bring up the saved Home address and directions.

Find Your Way Home

Need more Google Maps tips and tricks? Turn to our guides onhow to view your Google Maps search history, how toadd a business to Google Maps and Apple Maps, or how to use Google Maps Incognito Mode.

We hope you were able to set your home address in Google Maps. Leave a comment below and let us know if this guide was helpful.

Elsie is a technology writer and editor with a special focus on Windows, Android and iOS. She writes about software, electronics and other tech subjects, her ultimate goal being to help people out with useful solutions to their daily tech issues in a simple, straightforward and unbiased style. She has a BCom degree in Marketing and currently pursuing her Masters in Communications and New Media.Read Elsie’s Full Bio

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