Load your Timeline file

Drop the JSON you exported from your phone. It never leaves this tab.

Choose your Timeline JSON

Opens your file manager, so you can pick it straight out of Downloads, Drive, or wherever you saved it.

or drag the file anywhere onto this box

How to get your Timeline file

Google keeps Timeline on your phone now, so the export happens there.

1Open Settings, then Location, then Location services
2Tap Timeline
3Tap Export Timeline data, then Continue, then Save
4The file lands in your Downloads folder

You can also reach it from Google Maps: profile picture, then Your Timeline, then the three dots, then Location and privacy settings.

Quickest route: open this page on the phone you exported from and pick the file straight out of Downloads. No cable, no sending it to yourself.

Where your data goes

This site is a static page with no server, so your Timeline file cannot be uploaded anywhere. It is read and rendered entirely in this tab. To draw the map, the browser requests map tiles from a basemap provider; those requests reveal the areas your journey covers, along with your IP address. Your coordinates, dates, and the finished video are never sent to them or to us.