Local Guides Connect

Sign up for Connect

To join Local Guides Connect, visit the forum and sign in with your Google account. Then, you can start a discussion, reply to other members’ posts, customize your community interaction, and learn how to make the most of your Local Guides experience.

Local Guides Connect online forum.

No longer want to participate in Local Guides Connect? Follow the directions below to close your account.

Important:

• If you delete your Connect account, it can’t be recovered.
• All content posted with the deleted account stays on Connect, but it's attributed to "Deleted user." To remove your posts from public view, send an email request to local-guides@google.com.

Local Guides can delete their Connect account at any time by following these steps:

1. Go to Local Guides Connect.
2. At the top right, click your Profile picture or Initial.
3. Click Preferences Account.
4. At the bottom, click Delete My Account.

Tip: Before you leave the Local Guides program, follow the steps above to delete your Connect account.

Important:

• Media like photos, videos, and GIFs won’t be exported. To get these, send an email request to local-guides@google.com.
• If you want to export your Connect data, make sure to do it before you delete your Connect account.

Local Guides can export an archive of their data as a CSV file by following these steps:

1. Go to Local Guides Connect.
2. At the top right, click your Profile picture or Initial.
3. Click Preferences Account.
4. At the bottom, next to “Export your data,” click Request archive.
   • After the request has been completed, your file is available in “Notifications” next to your “Profile picture or Initial.”
     • The download link is valid for 48 hours.
     • The data is compressed as a zip archive.

Tip: If the archive doesn’t extract when opened, use this tool.