Windows 10: my pc location is showing the wrong location

my pc has decided that my computer is in a different city from where I am. How do I get it to recognize my location. I have already gone into settings and the default location is set correctly. However, when I go to other sites, it thinks I'm somewhere else.

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Devices Show Wrong Location

I have two laptops and two desktops. ALL devices consistently show the wrong address. It is an old address/location from when I first created a Microsoft account SEVERAL years ago. I've gone through my account multiple times making sure the correct location
is listed. I actually have to disable location sharing on the two laptops because the issue causes problems. Does not matter where the devices are, when I sign into my account, they show as being located at the old address. If location sharing is active, any
program from a specific device will show as being at the old address. One of the laptops and one of the desktops have never even been in that location, I got them after we moved. Searching through past questions here has been no help. Using the Map App on
all of the devices will show the old address if I click to show current location.

 

Wrong location

Hello,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

I would appreciate, if you can provide us the following information to help us understand the issue better?

• Are you getting the location on any website?

When you connect to the internet through service provider, you are usually connected by them, to a router.... It is the location of the router that shows up as your location.



This is because this is where your IP Address is being sent to the rest of the world.

I would suggest you to contact your Internet Service provider to check if you can access the exact location.

Hope this information is helpful. Do let us know if you need any further assistance, we'll be glad to assist you.

 

PC with wrong location

Hi BulldogXX,

Thanks for your suggestion! I now have entered my Norwegian address as default location as you suggested, and I have re-started the computer. Interesting enough, the computer still insists to be situated in Balsas, Brazil when I use the Windows “Find
my device”.