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# How to Create Google API Key
Create Google API Key in Google Cloud APIs and Services
## **Step 1: Create a Google project and an API key**
Go to , and choose **New Project.**
Then you name it
Then on dashboard, you choose Explore and enable APIs
Click on **Enable API and Services**
Search for for **“Places API”**
**Enable it**
## **Step 2: Set up the Billing account**
At this point, you can be prompted to set up Billing account.
If not prompted, then you can get started with this by clicking on the Billing via the hamburger icon.
Go here to set budget $0 so you’ll not be charged.
In case you want more than regular requests (of budget $200 free) and willing to pay, you can set any budget you want.
If you want to limit requests, you can refer to this setting
After that you need to create your **API Credentials** and just choose the **API key**
## **Step 3: Restrict your API key**
Go to your API key
Set restrictions like this:
## **Step 4: Copy API key, and paste to the plugin Settings**
