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Google Maps API key rejected with REQUEST_DENIED

Map displays a REQUEST_DENIED error because the Google API key is rejected or not authorized for the Maps API.

Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.

3 public reports · first reported 23 June 2022 · last reported 24 March 2025

Idea report · $9 · No contacts · All sales final

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What's going wrong

Several site owners see an error message on their pages saying Google denied the map request.

AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.

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  • The products the 3 reports are about, and how many came each month.
  • Related problems.

No business has been found with this problem yet, so the report has no contacts. All sales are final — no refunds. Pricing.