Maps will not remove pin

On my iPhone and on my Mac there is a pin in a location on Maps and I cannot remove it from either device. I followed all the instructions for removing pins and I can create and remove pins all day. The issue is this one pin. I even deleted the contact the pin was for without success. I can post screenshots of the menus that pop when I click on the pin itself if needed. Since its on both devices Normal troubleshooting might not work (I have signed out of my Apple ID and back in, this is a new MacBook Air M1 that I set up as new and did not transfer any data, I have erased the iPhone and set it up as new, I have turned maps off for iCloud and deleted the app and reinstalled the app) This pin has remained for multiple iOS versions.


Posted on Apr 15, 2021 9:34 AM

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Posted on Apr 15, 2021 10:41 AM

Are these locations circles with white borders? There are two different places to save locations. You can save them to "My Favourites" and you can save them to "My Places". I just check and it seems I had some locations in "My Places" that I haven't been to for years. You can find "My Places" under "My Guides" in the sidebar (on a Mac).

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Apr 15, 2021 10:41 AM in response to askbarnabas

Are these locations circles with white borders? There are two different places to save locations. You can save them to "My Favourites" and you can save them to "My Places". I just check and it seems I had some locations in "My Places" that I haven't been to for years. You can find "My Places" under "My Guides" in the sidebar (on a Mac).

Apr 15, 2021 6:14 PM in response to askbarnabas

Interesting ... since you see the same on your Mac, this pin's location is in your iCloud data, so even if you didn't transfer data to your new Mac the pin comes from iCloud. You say that you signed out of your Apple ID (good idea) but did you do that on all devices such that they were all signed out at the same time? Whatever this is, it would have to be coming from your iCloud data to be seen on multiple devices, so signing out completely (and maybe restarting all devices) might clear it.


Do you recall how you set this pin if it was for a specific contact? Just curious if you used Siri or some other service like Reminders (not sure if you can even set a location that way).

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