Other route settings

  1. Change the cursor
  2. Show turn hints in the corner of the screen
  3. Lock the map orientation north up
  4. Enable automatic map scaling
  5. Avoid toll roads
  6. Avoid bad and unpaved roads

Change the cursor

In Navigator mode, the cursor marks your current location on the map as you follow the route. By default, it looks like this: .

To customize your cursor's appearance:
  1. Tap  (profile picture). If you haven't logged in, tap .
  2. Tap Settings → Navigation.
  3. Tap Car icon.
  4. Select a cursor you like.

Cursors can have animations. To disable the animation, select the default cursor in the settings.

Show turn hints in the corner of the screen

While driving, turn and traffic lane hints appear on the map along the route. To pin them to the corner of the screen:

  1. Tap  (profile picture). If you haven't logged in, tap .
  2. Tap Settings → Navigation.
  3. Enable Show turn hints in the corner of the screen.

Lock the map orientation north up

To lock the map's orientation to always point north up while en route:

  1. Tap  (profile picture). If you haven't logged in, tap .
  2. Tap Settings → Navigation.
  3. Enable North is always up.
Note. If this setting is enabled, the map is displayed in 2D in Navigator mode.

Enable automatic map scaling

To enable or disable automatic map scaling while traveling along a route:

  1. Tap  (profile picture). If you haven't logged in, tap .
  2. Tap Settings → Navigation.
  3. Turn the Auto-zoom option on or off.

Avoid toll roads

To plot routes avoiding or including toll roads:

  1. Tap  (profile picture). If you haven't logged in, tap .
  2. Tap Settings → Navigation.
  3. Turn the Avoid toll roads option on or off.
Yandex Maps ignores this setting if:
  • The route can only be plotted with toll roads.
  • You're plotting the route in offline mode.
  • You're already on a toll road.

You can also configure the Avoid toll roads option when plotting a route.

Avoid bad and unpaved roads

To plot routes avoiding or including bad and unpaved roads:

  1. Tap  (profile picture). If you haven't logged in, tap .
  2. Tap Settings → Navigation.
  3. Turn the Avoid bad and unpaved roads option on or off.
Note. If the route can only be plotted with bad or unpaved roads, Yandex Maps ignores this setting when plotting the route.

You can also configure the Avoid bad and unpaved roads option when plotting a route.