Google has always stored your data in the cloud, where it's associated with your account and available on all of your devices.

Google Maps is deleting location history soon. Tech expert Kurt “CyberGuy" Knutsson shows you how to back it up before it's gone.

Secondly, back up your data using Google Takeout before deleting anything. Google Takeout allows you to select specific content, like emails, Drive files, or Photos, and download them as a backup.

Google says Cloud still has " safeguards in place with a combination of soft delete, advance notification, and human-in-the-loop, as appropriate, " and it confirmed these safeguards all still work.

Manually selecting and deleting pictures from your Google Photos library can be a time-consuming process. These steps will save you some time.

Some Google Maps users lost their Timeline data due to a technical issue, and only those with backups can recover it.