How To Drop A Pin In Maps On iPhone And iPad

Remember Locations By Dropping Pin On Maps

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Whether you want Maps to remember your friend’s place or the nice restaurant you visited last week, adding locations to Maps on your iPhone or iPod is very easy. You can drop a pin to get direction to the place as well.

Drop a pin

  1. If the pin isn’t where you want it, drag it to a new location on the map.

To see information about a pin, click it, then click the Info button. To close the Info window, click outside of it.

Remove a pin

You can remove a pin that you drop (purple pin ).

  1. In the Maps app on your Mac, scroll the map to show the location you marked with a pin.
  2. Choose Edit > Remove Pin. You can also Control-click a pin, then choose Remove Pin.

To clear pins added from search results (red pins ), click in the search field.

Pins are temporary. However, you can save any location on Maps.

Save a location

Wrapping Up!

So, now you know how to save a location on Maps. Saving locations make sure you spend less time looking for the place, thus helping to reach places faster. But how do you access saved locations? To see all your saved location first click on the Search Field and then the Favorites Button.

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