Wintec FileMate Clear X2 and X4 Tablets User Manual

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• On the main Google Now screen, go to

Menu

> Settings > Mys t u f f > P l a c e s , then

edit

H o m e or

Work

• Visit

m a p s . g o o g l e . c o m

from a browser and open

M y P l a c e s

• Visit

L o c a t i o n h i s t o r y d a s h b o a r d

from a browser, click

C h a n g e

next to Time at Work or

Time at Home, edit the address, and c l i c k

Save.

Turn off location reporting & history


To turn off both location reporting and location history for your C l e a r :

1 . G o t o Settings

> Google > Maps & Latitude . This brings you to the

L o c a t i o n

s e t t i n g s

screen for Google M a p s .

2. To turn off location reporting, touch

L o c a t i o n r e p o r t i n g > D o not update your location

.

3. To turn off location history, u ncheck

E n a b l e l o c a t i o n h i s t o r y .


You can turn off and delete your location history and still use Google Now, but certain kinds of
information, such as commute

traffic, may be limited or won’t show up at all.

D e l e t e l o c a t i o n h i s t o r y d e t a i l s


Even if you turn off both location reporting and location history,

your previously recorded

history is still available to Google ser vices such as Google Now.

To delete location history details, follow these steps from a desk -top computer:

1. Open a web browser and make sure you’re signed in with the account whose location history
you want to manage.
2. Visit

http://google.com/locationhistory

. A page appears that allows you to view your location

history for any date.
3. To delete all your recorded location history, click

D e l e t e a l l history.

Alternatively, from this screen you can delete a portion of your location history starting from a
date you choose in the calendar.
4. Click

OK.

Turn off location access for your t ablet


E v e n w h e n l o c a t i o n r e p o r t i n g a n d l o c a t i o n h i s t o r y a r e t u r n e d o f f , Google can
periodically report data for use by various apps from sources such as Wi-Fi, mobile networks,
and GPS to determine your precise location at any given time. To turn off access to precise

location information for your Clear, go to

S e t t i n g s

> P e r s o n a l > L o c a t i o n

a c c e s s

and slide the switch to

O f f .

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