Google Chrome location services won't stay enabled!

I had this problem recurring during an unfinished Chrome update.

After I did a Chrome restart to complete the update, the problem stopped showing up.

MacOs - Big Sur ver. 11.2.1

Chrome - Version 89.0.4389.82 (Official Build) (x86_64)

I don't know why this is marked as solved. A lot of people are still having this problem. This is not a Google Chrome issue. Google Chrome does not have access to change this permission. This is an issue with macOS. It was working for a while and then with the recent update it's broken again. Please reopen this and escalate.

I'm also having issues with MacOS removing location services with Chrome. Not sure it's related, but I seem to have to go through the Trust This Browser exercise more than I should with Chrome when Apple related.

Super frustrating. My Google Chrome location services will not stay enabled. I unlock, change the settings, lock the settings, and close the window. I immediately reopen the window and the Chrome location services are no longer selected. Arg!! It makes my Mac inoperable. Please correct the Mac operating system problem. I love my Mac and would like to continue as a Mac user, but . . .

Thank you!!

This is not "Solved". The problem persists with an up to date Mac OS 10.15.7 and Chrome version Version 89.0.4389.90. Enabling the location permission setting does not stick. It reverts to disabled. Please remove the "Solved" badge.

I noticed the last mod time of my Chrome Canary app was very recent yet my regular Chrome app hadn't changed. I think Chrome Canary was the issue. I deleted it and so far no problems with Location. Well.. 2 hours w/o a problem.

This issue is definitely not fixed in macOS High Sierra 10.13.6...and has been going on for some months now.

My problem is exacerbated by the fact that Google Chrome won't even appear as an option in System Prefs/Privacy/Location Services...i.e. it's not even listed in the apps & services that require location access.

So even though macOS is blocking location access for Chrome, I have no actual way of enabling it.

So annoying 😔

Same issue as described.

Along with the location services being turned off, I'm seriously annoyed by the 'lock' that supposedly makes settings unchangeable without a password. I'm delayed changing stuff on my computer, because I have to enter in a password to unlock/change a setting. Yet, the settings sometimes change on their own, even though locked with my "securing password".

So, in other words, the "lock" is a lie.

Hi Support,

I am writing to report that this problem is still not fixed!  It has escalated!

Chrome now only stays selected in the Security and Privacy popup UNTIL I select the lock in the popup to save my selection. At that very same moment of selection, it instantaneously becomes unchecked. I can watch this happen in real-time.

I can no longer use the Google Maps "show my location" feature and now must manually enter my current location.

What needs to be done to escalate this to the next step to get this fixed?

Is there a URL to report it?

Please give me some guidance so I can pursue a resolution!

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Thank you.

The response marked "Solved" clearly does not address the commenters problem. The commenter is not asking how to "Change Privacy preferences" nor how to "Use safe mode", nor how to "Set up Users...", they are asking why the Privacy settings on Chrome keep changing from enabled location services to disabled. Nobody finds the "Solved" answer helpful, they all find the follow-up comments helpful, which should make it clear that this problem remains unsolved.

It's hard to understand why a user would consider switching from Chrome to Safari, as you suggest, when the makers of Safari seem incapable of addressing or even acknowledging a bug in MacOSX.

So yesterday I was out on the road - shut the lid on my Mac and took it with me but didn't use it. Opened it this morning and it was totally out of power (this shouldnt happen as closing the lid should put it to sleep and it should last for days), and LOCATION SERVICES is off again.

Funny because if I deliberately shut down my mac and restart this doesn't happen.

This is definitely not a macOS issue. Otherwise it would happen with other software or would happen only on a specific version. You can track the Chromium bug here: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1143807

Might be fixed in the just released Chrome 90

This most definitely is a MacOS issue, as the Location Services checkbox keeps being unchecked. In addition, the list of applications that I've OK'd to use location services continues to reset, with only Siri & Dictation and System Services appearing in the list. Even Calendar continues to ask for permission to use location services.

Did you even read the Chromium bug report ? This happens on macaOS version 10.14.x, 10.15.x, 11.x. If you have trouble with other app, it's not related to this issue. The chromium team fixed the bug in the latest version of Chrome (90)

I am seeing the issue happen on Macs running OS X 10.13.6, 10.15.7 and OX 11.2.2.

This Started happening after Chrome v87. Now every update since then Chrome will turn off the

Location Services, and our users have to go into the panel and re-turn it on after a Chrome Update.

Since our Webfilter relies on the Location Services being set for Chrome, users cannot use Gogole Search

with out it.

I've looked into scripting it or setting a profile: Apple says it can't be done and is Google's fault.

Google says its Apple's fault.

I'd simply like it to be fixed.