Google Maps users are complaining that their Timelines are disappearing without notice, and Google isn't sure if it can restore them.

There appears to be a glitch currently impacting some Google Maps users, causing their historical Timeline data to vanish.

Commentary: I'm already distracted by everything going on around me when I drive. I don't need more of it from Google Maps.

There have been countless reports of Timelines vanishing, and it’s not clear if this is a temporary glitch or if all that Timeline data has been lost for good.

At first glance, reports of people’s timelines being lost seems like they might have fallen afoul of Google Map’s big privacy change: your Google Maps timeline is moving from the cloud to your device, and unless you agree to various new settings by a deadline date ( which is different for different users, weirdly) you’ll lose your travel history.

Google Maps users are reporting that timeline data is vanishing and can’t be restored using backups. What the heck is going on?

An increasing number of Google Maps users have noticed that their Timeline history is completely gone. With Timeline enabled, Google Maps disp