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Comment by bigboybuglover | Hacker News Reader

Really cool map! I clicked this link on my phone, and now all the icons are permanently in my Google maps, without a straightforward way to "unsubscribe" from the list (can't see anything in the Lists section, on Android Mobile at least). If anyone knows how to remove these beautiful tori icons that'd be great

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1. Switch bottom tab from Explore (map pin icon) to You (bookmark icon)

2. Scroll down to the very very bottom, until a row of icons (Timeline, Following, Maps) appear

3. Click the rightmost icon, Maps, and you will find a list of maps you have opened before

4. Find the Torii map and click into it

5. Click "View map legend" at bottom of screen

6. Click "Close" in upper right

Yep that's it, just so "simple and straightforward" as most Google products have evolved to be, what a pleasant user journey! Promo-oriented product design really hurts my eyes

Force closing Google Maps on iOS also does it for me.

Which means you cannot trust the My Maps feature if you are traveling anywhere with poor cell service. That’s how I know.

I had the same experience, go to layers and there you'll find it under a new section "Explore". Select it to deactivate it.

Have the same problem. Can’t see any “explore” section in the layers on iOS.

“You” at the bottom, scroll down to Maps (icon to the right). Click the Tori list item, View Map Legend, Close.

I had to quit the app and open it again so it shows in the Maps list.

Thanks, this fixed it for me.

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