Here’s how to change your “search from” location in Google.

As Google begins to show different Google Autocomplete suggestions and search results in different cities, it’s crucial that you can see what things look like in different parts of the country/world.

Here’s how I do it (props to my friends at Status Labs for showing me this trick!)

Step #1

Go to Google incognito and go to Google (I use incognito for all client work, you don’t have to).

Step #2

Click the 3 dots >> More tools >> Developer tools

Or you can use the hot key “Ctrl+Shift+I”

Step #3

Click the 3 dots >> More tools >> Sensors

Step #4

Open the dropdown and click Custom Location. This will open up the latitude and longitude boxes so you can edit them.

Step #5

Go to https://www.latlong.net/ and type in your location.

Note: Type in the full state and/or country and make sure the location previewed on the map is the correct one. Sometimes this tool will take an abbrevation like Woodland Hills, Ca and place you in Canada. It things Ca is Canada. That’s why it is good practice to type the full state name/country name and double check the location is accurate.

Step #6

Copy the latitude and longitude back over the Sensors.

You don’t have to save anything, Google will update when you click out of the boxes.

Step #7

From the bottom of Google search results, click “Use precise location”

This brings up the box below. Click “Allow”

Now you can see the location is changed!