4 Simple Ways to Change Your Location in Google Chrome

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Edit your current region in Chrome

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Last Updated: September 24, 2024 Fact Checked

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Using Google Search

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Using Developer Tools

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Using a VPN

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Disabling Location Tracking

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Is your location wrong in Google Chrome? You can change your search region in Google Search using your settings, developer tools, or a VPN. You can also edit your location permissions. Here's how to change your location in Google Chrome.

Quick Steps

Go to https://www.google.com/.
Click Settings.
Click Search settings > Other settings.
Click Language & region > Results region.
Select a new region.
Click Confirm.

Method 1

Method 1 of 4:

Using Google Search

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Go to https://www.google.com/ in Chrome. You can change your region in Google's search settings.
- If you don't set the location yourself, it will automatically detect your location based on your IP address.
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Click Settings. This is at the very bottom of the page, next to Privacy and Terms.
- A pop-up menu will open.
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This is the first option.
You can find this in the left panel.
This is at the top of the page, under the Language header.
This is the bottom option.
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Select a new region and click Confirm. You can scroll down to view the regions in alphabetical order or use the search bar.
- When you use Google Search, your results will be based on your new region.

Method 2

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Using Developer Tools

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This is in the top-right corner of the Google Chrome window.
You can find this at the bottom of the pop-up menu.
A new window will open.
If you don't see this tab, click ⋮ in the top-right corner of the developer window > More tools > Sensors.
This is in the Sensors tab.
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Select a new location. You'll see a few presets here.
- To add another location, click Manage > Add location > enter GPS coordinates > Add.

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Using a VPN

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Enable your VPN. You can download a VPN application to your computer or add an extension to Google Chrome.
- Some popular VPN services include Proton VPN, NordVPN, and Norton VPN.
Generally, you'll see this option in the VPN settings. You can usually set your VPN to a certain country's servers.

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Disabling Location Tracking

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You can find this near the bottom of the drop-down menu.
This is on the left side of the page.
You can find this at the bottom.
A new page will open.
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Select "Don't allow sites to see your location". This is the second option.
- If you previously denied access to a website, you'll see it listed underneath Not allowed to see your location.

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I do not have the location tab in search settings. How do I make that visible?

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Press the command: alt+F4. If this does not work, type: alt+F9 or hold alt F12.

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Setting your location to where you want it can make it much easier to find local events and other information from that area.

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