How to Change the Date on Google Maps

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Last Updated: February 26, 2018 Tested

This wikiHow teaches you how to switch the Street View to a different date in Google Maps, and see street images from the past, using a desktop internet browser.

Steps

1
Open Google Maps in your internet browser. Type maps.google.com in your browser's address bar, and hit ↵ Enter or ⏎ Return on your keyboard.
2
Find the orange Street View icon. This button looks like a tiny, orange human icon in the lower-right corner of the map. It allows you to browse street images at available locations.

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3
Drag and drop the orange human icon to a location on the map. This will switch you to Street View, and show you photographs of your selected location from a first-person perspective.
4
Click the Street View date in the upper-left corner. The date of your current Street View is listed below your location's address in the upper-left corner of your screen. Clicking will open a pop-up window where you can change the date.
5
Drag and slide the time slider to the year you want to see. Click the slider at the bottom of the pop-up window, and drag it to one of the other available years. You will see a preview of the selected date in the pop-up.
6
Click the preview image in the pop-up. This will switch your Street View to the selected date. You can now walk the streets and see photographs of your surroundings from your selected date.
- Alternatively, you can hit ↵ Enter or ⏎ Return on your keyboard after you select the date you want to see.

Community Q&A

Question

How do I select a day, month, and year under historical viewing on Google Maps?

Community Answer

If you are in street view mode, you can change the date in the upper-left corner. You will see a slider function where you can slide to the date you'd like.
Question

Where do I find the street view date selector? It is showing the date but I can't click on it.

Community Answer

Some streets might not have multiple dates. Some places might have been visited by a Google Car more than others have, and possibly the Google Car has only been by that street once.
Question

Do you have a solution to find the date slider bar on a Google map?

Community Answer

Click the Street View date in the upper-left corner. The date of your current Street View is listed below your location's address in the upper-left corner of your screen. Clicking will open a pop-up window where you can change the date.