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Edit your current region in Chrome
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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 .
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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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Click Search settings . This is the first option. -
Click Other settings . You can find this in the left panel. -
Click Language & region . This is at the top of the page, under the Language header. -
Click Results region . This is the bottom option. -
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.
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Click More tools . You can find this at the bottom of the pop-up menu. -
Click Developer tools . A new window will open. -
Click Sensors . If you don't see this tab, click â‹® in the top-right corner of the developer window > More tools > Sensors . -
Click the "Location" drop-down menu. This is in the Sensors tab. -
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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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.
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Change your VPN location. 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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Click Settings . You can find this near the bottom of the drop-down menu. -
Click Privacy and security . This is on the left side of the page. -
Click Site settings . You can find this at the bottom. -
Click Location . A new page will open. -
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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QuestionI do not have the location tab in search settings. How do I make that visible?Community AnswerPress the command: alt+F4. If this does not work, type: alt+F9 or hold alt F12.
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