Switch to satellite or hybrid, pick your pin colors, hide your trips or other travelers. Every map setting in one place.
Your map is your travel journal, so you decide how it looks. The layers button in the top-right corner opens Map Appearance: map type, pin colors and which layers are shown all live here.
1/5On the Map tab, tap the layers button in the top-right corner.
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Map Appearance
Map Type
StandardSatelliteHybrid
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Visited Pin Color
Planned Pin Color
Active Pin Color
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Map Appearance
Place Details (Apple Maps)
Show active traveler count
Hide My Trips
Hide Active Travelers
Reset to defaults
Steps
What does each setting do?
Map Type: Standard, Satellite or Hybrid (satellite imagery with road and place names).
Pin Size(Android): Show pins small, medium or large.
Pin colors: Pick a separate color for visited, planned and active trips.
Day-Night View(Android): Shade the side of the world where it’s currently night.
Show active traveler count: Turn the traveler counter at the top of the map on or off.
Hide My Trips / Hide Active Travelers: Temporarily hide pins to declutter the map.
Place Details (Apple Maps)(iPhone): Tap a place on the map to open its Apple Maps card with hours, phone and directions.
Tips
Your settings are saved on your device and stay the same after you restart the app.
Hiding travelers only changes your map. It doesn’t change your own visibility. See the “Go visible on the map” guide for that.
If things get messy, “Reset to defaults” puts everything back.
