# google news local \[Changing location for Google local news\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 27, 2019, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-news-local-changing-location-for-google-local-news/842557 "2019-10-27T19:53:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2019, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-news-local-changing-location-for-google-local-news/842557/1 "2019-10-27T19:53:00Z")
OK, for some reason, Google News is now showing me a previous location as my local news default. If I click on “Local news” it does show both, and a option to add more towns/cities. But I dont want news from the previous city. How do I get Google to get rid of that default? ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2019, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-news-local-changing-location-for-google-local-news/842557/2 "2019-10-27T20:06:50Z")
I believe it is showing you what you have shown interest previously by clicking on that type of story. What you can do: there is a vertical … hidden quite cleverly - hover with the mouse just after ‘News.source # hours ago’ and you will see it. Then you can select hide or shower fewer stories of this type. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2019, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-news-local-changing-location-for-google-local-news/842557/3 "2019-10-27T20:23:16Z")
Thread title edited to more clearly indicate question. Please use descriptive thread titles. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2019, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-news-local-changing-location-for-google-local-news/842557/4 "2019-10-27T20:31:47Z")
> [@](#): > > ``` > Open the Google News main page on your device. > Select Settings in the left menu. Select the three lines if you don’t see the side menu. > Select Language and Region to change your location. > Type your city name into the search bar and search. > Select Follow when local news for your region appears. > > ``` > > That only takes you so far as Google takes its own information from your account settings and phone position. If you’re on desktop, it will use your IP address to locate you. This in itself should be enough to localize your news. If it doesn’t, you may need to change your location in your Google account to reflect where you are living or staying right now. > **[How To Change your Location in Google News](https://www.techjunkie.com/change-location-google-news/)** > > Part of the benefit of news services like Google News is in its personalization. You can see news, weather, traffic and more from your local area, making it much more relevant to you. If you move home or work or study in a different city, how can you... ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2019, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-news-local-changing-location-for-google-local-news/842557/5 "2019-10-27T22:45:40Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > [How To Change your Location in Google News - Tech Junkie](https://www.techjunkie.com/change-location-google-news/) Those instructions only locate you in the country. To specify local news besides the location which is automatically generated from the IP address, you can add a (truly) local place after clicking on “Local News”: > [@Google News](#): > > Where suggestions come from > Google News might suggest locations to make it easier to access local news for the places you care most about. These location suggestions come from: > > [ul] > [li]The home and work addresses you set in Google Maps. Learn how to set or change your home and work address.[/li] > [li]Device location from your IP address or device settings. Learn how to update your location on Google and manage your Android’s device’s location settings for Google News and other apps.[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-news-local-changing-location-for-google-local-news/842557/6 "2019-10-28T02:52:39Z")
I tried both we shall see. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2019, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-news-local-changing-location-for-google-local-news/842557/7 "2019-10-29T14:29:28Z")
Google News never has much of a clue as to where I am. Yesterday my “local news” was from Gatlinberg, TN, which I have at least been to before. Today I’m in Bartlesville, OK, which I’ve never even heard of.