Google Chrome location services won't stay enabled!

It's happening here on Mojave as well.

Not sure why the answer is marked as "Solved" cos that answer doesn't contain any actual solution beyond what is effectively the catch-all tech support response of "try turning it off and on again". (All the info in that answer is useful and certainly should be followed, I'm just saying it doesn't seem to be the full solution for anyone)

It reverts chrome to disabled for location (presumably after every Chrome update) yet remembers the specifically allowed sites in Chrome which I have allowed to see location. It makes no sense. And I blame MacOS system settings. I have never liked and it seems like it has barely changed for at least a decade now.

This isn't just when Chrome gets updated. I can leave the preferences window open, request a location in Chrome, and when I flip back to preferences the checkbox is cleared. I really wanted a new mac book pro, but today the computer is to support the browser - and I'm not going to live with my browser not working because Apple wants me to use Safari.

I'm running into this EXACT same problem.. every time Google does an update.. apple wants me to re-enable location services from Chrome. At least once a week.. Apple wants me to re-enable location services for Chrome.

What the heck apple???

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.

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.

Hopefully Chrome's last update will resolve this pain in the butt dilema. I just updated Chrome 3 days ago but hadn't checked to see if location services were off and sure enough they were. So, I checked the box one more time. Let's see if it works now.

Is that true? I am having trouble finding documentation on the patch you describe.

Here is a git log of v91

https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+log/91.0.4472.37..91.0.4472.56?pretty=fuller&n=10000

A lot of people are coming to this post because they are having a similar issue with location services and any program, including every apple app. Every time the system reboots, location services defaults to unchecked and all previous permissions are gone. I have a post on this here: 252860671 but so far, nothing works.

I'm fully up-to-date, Big Sur and iOS, but a reinstall of Chrome couldn't hurt I guess. TY.