Removing your "location" from Google Home typically refers to deleting the saved Home and Work addresses associated with your Google account, which Google Home and Google Assistant use for various personalized services. This ensures that your devices no longer use these specific addresses for things like commute times, weather, or local searches.
Understanding Location in Google Home
Google Home devices and Google Assistant rely on saved Home and Work addresses to provide personalized and accurate information, such as daily commutes, local weather updates, or nearby points of interest. If you wish to stop your Google Home device from associating with or using these specific physical addresses, you'll need to remove them from your Google account settings.
Step-by-Step Guide: Removing Home or Work Addresses
The process involves accessing your Google account settings, primarily through the Google Home app or Google Assistant settings.
Via the Google Home App
This is often the most direct method for managing settings related to your Google Home ecosystem.
- Open the Google Home App: Launch the Google Home app on your smartphone or tablet.
- Access Settings: Tap on your profile picture or initial in the top right corner.
- Navigate to Assistant Settings: Select Assistant settings (or Assistant settings & voice match, depending on your app version).
- Find Your Places: Scroll down and tap on You or Personal info, then look for Your places or Addresses.
- Remove Addresses:
- Under “Addresses,” you will see your saved Home and Work locations.
- Tap Home or Work to view the details of the address you wish to remove.
- To remove a home or work address, tap Remove. Confirm your choice if prompted.
Via Google Assistant Settings (within the Google App)
If you primarily manage Google Assistant settings directly, you can also access and remove addresses this way.
- Open the Google App: Launch the standard Google app on your device.
- Access Assistant Settings: Tap your profile picture in the top right, then select Settings.
- Navigate to Google Assistant: Tap on Google Assistant.
- Find Your Places: Go to the You tab, then tap on Your places or Addresses.
- Remove Addresses: Similar to the Google Home app, tap Home or Work to access the specific address. Tap Remove to delete the address from your account.
Important Considerations
- Impact on Services: Removing your Home or Work address will prevent Google Assistant from using these specific locations for personalized features that rely on them (e.g., "how long is my commute to work?").
- Privacy: Deleting these addresses can enhance your privacy if you no longer wish Google to have these specific locations tied to your personal account.
- Other Location Settings: This process primarily removes saved Home and Work addresses. It does not affect other location settings like Location History or device location services, which you would need to manage separately in your Google Account settings or device settings.
By following these steps, you can effectively remove your designated Home and Work locations from your Google Home ecosystem.
