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

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

A glitch has been purging timeline data on Google Maps, and nobody is sure whether they'll be able to get it back or not.