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Google Maps: How to Remove Labels

Google Maps: How to Remove Labels

Posted on November 9, 2020 by Madalina Dinita 1 Comment

Google Maps labels are used to highlight businesses, landmarks, and other major attractions on the base map. To see the labels, simply zoom in until they become visible on the map. If certain labels are no longer relevant, you can simply delete them.

Steps to Delete Google Maps Labels

On PC

  • Launch Google Maps
  • Click on the Menu ​ icon
  • Go to Your placesgoogle maps your places
  • Select Labeled
  • Locate the label you want to delete and hit the Edit buttonremove google maps label
  • Click on the Remove option to remove the respective label.

On Mobile

  1. Open the Google Maps app
  2. Select Savedsaved labels google maps mobile
  3. You’ll see the Your Lists option, select Labeled
  4. Tap the More button next to the label you want to deleteremove labels google maps mobile
  5. Select Remove label and the message ‘Your label was removed’ should appear on the screen confirming the label has been successfully removed.

How to Remove Map Information Labels

If you’re actually referring to general map labels such as street names, businesses, and so on, you need to go into Satellite mode and toggle them off.

google maps satellite remove labels

To remove the names too, do this:

  1. Click on the Menu icon
  2. Navigate to Your places
  3. Go to the Maps tab, and select Create Mapcreate map google maps
  4. Select the Base map option
  5. Choose the Simple atlas option.

create simple atlas map google maps

And this is how you can quickly remove the Google Maps labels which are no longer relevant to you.

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Filed Under: Software Tagged With: Google Maps

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  1. Bill Wooginowski says

    December 26, 2020 at 1:48 pm

    Any chance you can show how to remove the new landmark icons? Oversized and obtrusive and of no use if you are not a tourist,

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