Three hidden lists on your phone that show EVERYTHING Google knows about you

Everything Google knows about you can be exposed with a few simple clicks on your smartphone or computer.

It goes way beyond where you live, your age, your interests and your favorite stores – the search engine knows more than some of the people closest to you.

Google Maps knows all the countries, cities, attractions and local routes you’ve ever visited. And the ad personalization system uses your search history, browsing data and screen time to generate.

So use our guide to access three creepy lists you might be revealing to yourself:

Google Maps knows all the countries, cities and attractions you’ve visited

If you’ve enabled Location History on your Google account, take a trip down memory lane with the Google Maps timeline.

This feature allows you to see exactly where you have traveled in the past, right down to the specific time and route you took to get there.

● Sign in to your Google account and then open Google Maps.

● Click the hamburger menu in the top left corner.

● Choose Your Timeline > Your Places > Visited.

● Open the Google Maps app.

● Tap your profile or initials > Your timeline.

Now that you’ve run down memory lane, you may want to rethink your settings.

● On your iPhone or iPad, open the Google Maps timeline. Tap Settings > Pause Location History.

● On your Android, open Google Maps, tap your profile or initial, and select Your timeline > More > Settings & privacy. Turn off Location History.

● If you are using a computer, go to Timeline and click Settings > Pause Location History.

Location data of every photo you’ve taken

Location tracking in the Google Photos app comes down to metadata: the hidden data embedded in the photos you take.

If you don’t turn off image location tracking, your photos will show where you were when you took them, among other things.

Whether or not you want to disable location tracking, you should first see all the data that Google Photos has collected.

Here are two ways to view Google Photos and see everything Google knows about you:

● Open the Google Photos app.

● Tap Search in the bottom bar.

● In the Places section, tap See all.

Now you can view the full location history. You can even use the map to browse photos by location.

You can also check location data on your computer, but it won’t be as comprehensive as what you see on your smartphone app. Here’s how:

● First, go to photos.google.com.

● Tap a specific image and click the Info button.

To prevent Google Photos from tracking your location information, do the following:

● Open Google Photos.

● In the top right corner, click Settings.

● Select the Share tab.

● Tap or click the slider that says Hide photo location information.

Ad personalization is based on many things:

● The personal information you voluntarily added to your Google account.

● Advertiser data from Google partners.

● Google’s algorithms, which are incredibly adept at learning what you like.

If you’ve turned on Ad Personalization, you can see what Google knows about you based on search history, browsing data, and more

It’s not always 100 percent accurate, but it can be pretty close.

To view it, go to your Google account and tap or click Privacy and personalization.

In the Ad settings sections, tap or click Ad personalization to view the profile Google has created based on your internet habits.

It is easiest to do this from a computer. Go to the Ad Settings page and slide the switch under Ad personalization to the left to turn it off.

You will still get ads, of course, but they may not be as targeted.