Google photos and location information

[steve_ma]

I don't think it's specific to the S10 so sorry if folks think it's OT. I am wondering why Google Photos retains location information on photos and what people think about that?

I deliberately disabled geo-location info in my camera settings. I don't want that info associated with pictures of my kids or something that I might post to social media. Then I open google photos app, open a photo... and it's there. It looks like there is no way to disable it without turning off location services altogether. There is some language about that info not being visible if you share the image with a link but it's so easy to share images and video directly from the apps, not many people actually do that? I love the way Google photos backs up my info and integrates with my other Google services, but I find it a bit unsettling. Anyone else notice this or have thoughts on it?

 

[LordAndroid]

I always have photo location turned off I don't like the idea of allowing that information to be displayed if I do decide to share a photo online. But in the grand scheme of things Google over sees and hears it all

 

[steve_ma]

How exactly do you turn that off? I'm not talking about the camera settings. I'm talking about the google photos setting. To me it looks like the only way to do it is to turn all location services off. Since I use my GPS often, that's not such a great option for me.

 

[LordAndroid]

I think that's all you can do.plus go into your Google acct on a desktop and delete all of your location history. Technically you can do it through mobile as well

 

[williams448]

Google uses location estimation with your photos. You can turn off geo- location in the GP settings, but only if you share within the GP app. If you share through email or SMS, it may still tag a location. Or, you can turn off location for each individual photo by selecting the photo > 3 dot menu > info > 3 dots under location > delete location.

So even if you have location turned off in the camera settings, which I do too, Google estimates the photos location based off your location when the picture was taken.