Your location

Where to find it

• On a phone: on the Home screen, select the location pin at the top left of the top bar.
• From the menu: open More at the bottom of the left menu (computer) or ⋯ on your profile (phone), and select Location. The row shows your current area, or Set your location if you have none.
• On Meetups and Courses: the Meetups page and the Face to face tab of the Courses page have a Set location button. It says Change once your location is set.

All of these open the same Your location window.

Set your location

The Your location window gives you four ways to choose:

• Search: type a city, area or PIN code in Search city, area or locality, then select a result. A map opens so you can check it.
• Use my current location: your browser asks if sikhami.com may use your position. Allow it, and a map opens at that spot.
• Recent: places you picked before on this device. Select one to use it again at once. Clear empties this list.
• Popular cities: Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata, Pune, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Lucknow, Kota and Indore. Select one to set it at once.

Confirm your area on the map

1. 1The map step is called Confirm your area. The pin stays in the centre. Drag the map until the pin is on your area.
2. 2Under the map, Your area shows the name Sikhami will save, such as "HSR Layout, Bengaluru" with the state under it.
3. 3If it says No area name here, move the map a little until a named area shows.
4. 4Select Confirm location. You see "Location set to" and the area name.

Sikhami always names the area around the pin, never a street or a building. This keeps your exact place private.

What Sikhami uses it for

• Meetups: the meetups map shows where you are, a Nearby tab sorts meetups by distance, and meetups show how far away they are, for example "3.2 km away".
• Courses: in the Face to face tab of Courses, classes at institutes near you are listed first.
• Search: the Nearby posts, Nearby meetups and Nearby institutes filters measure distance from your location. If you have not set one, your browser asks for your position.
• Sharing a location in a chat: the map starts at your area, so you can move from there.
• Advertisers' forms: if you fill in a form on an ad, the city box may be filled in from your profile. You can change it before you send the form.

Where it is saved and who can see it

• On this device: your location and your recent places are kept in the browser you set them in. On another computer or phone, set your location again.
• On your account: when you are logged in, the area name and a point rounded to about one kilometre are also saved on your profile. When you are not logged in, it is kept on the device only.
• Not on your profile page: your profile does not show this area. The Location line on your profile comes from the Location and State boxes in Edit profile, which you fill in yourself.

To see who can see the rest of your account, read Privacy on Sikhami.

Change or remove your location

Change it

Open Your location and choose a new place in any of the four ways above. The new area replaces the old one.

Remove it

1. 1Open Your location.
2. 2Under Current location, select Remove.
3. 3You see "Location removed". It is removed from this device and from your account.

Clear next to Recent only empties the recent list on this device. It does not remove your current location.

If your position cannot be found

Questions