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@Issam2204 logout from google. Clear your cookies, etc.
Did you disable/disallow the location sharing feature in browser?
@rds100
I just did. It's still happening
@eLohkCalb
It is set on "Ask when a website tries to have your location".
If any of you did a custom made OpenVPN server (like I did) can you please share experience? Perhaps it's just my inexperience in setting the whole thing up. If you have a paid service even better, so we can see how efficient they are.
Thanks for the answers so far!
@Issam2204, if I remember correctly you will have to disable location history service from Google (could be linked to mobile phone) as well.
Edit: Found the link from Google - https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/179386?p=ws_settings_location&hl=en&rd=1
Mmmh...okay I'll do it. It could be interesting if this was the reason.
Self made or paid service are both as efficient if they are set up correctly and you follow some basic rules on both the server side & the client side.
If you want no easy link to be done between your new ip and the old one, you have to clear your cache for sure and logout from everything where you could have been logged in...
Maybe you are connecting to google over IPv6 while the VPN only covers IPv4
Still finding me. I disabled location on my phone, removed SIM card and battery, deleted cookies and everything else (except passwords) from my browser. I think it's something in their Chrome browser that finds you anyway.
My VPN does cover only IPv4 indeed. I have IPv6 enabled on my router. Could that be the reason?
Yes, if your VPN setup does not disable IPv6. Try disabling IPv6 in your network settings?
I'll try right now
That's thanks to HTML5 Geolocation API and maybe also WebRTC.
There are some extensions for Chrome that allows you to fake even those.
I use Location Guard with Chrome to fix my location.
Google those and you'll see.
There are many technique to disclose your location, naming a few:
So, if you wish to test how well you 're hidden try services like StayInvisible etc to see what is actually passed.
and after that test again.
Check https://www.browserleaks.com/ to see what you leak.
I re-installed the OpenVPS on a DigitalOcean droplet instead than OVH VPS. I don't know if I can say that it works. At least this time Google says "Unable to find your location". Also, using browserleaks and stayinvisible looks like I'm okay
Another thing: make sure your DNS does not leak. I recommend DNSCrypt.
This.
Windows is particularly terrible for leaking DNS queries as it tends to still send them to your LAN adaptors configured DNS even when a VPN is connected.
try check http://whoer.net/ext you can see problem
Thank you all for the answers
Indeed, it was the fault of WebRTC which cannot be disabled from Chrome (be aware of that 
).
I have a couple of questions about OpenVPN:
1) I'm using the same VPN server on my Linux laptop and on my Windows Desktop. Linux can almost get full bandwidth (like if I was not on a VPN), while Windows can't get over 20Mbps/s (I have 45Mbps/s Download speed). Both use the official OpenVPN client. Why such a difference?
2) At the beginning I had some issues with making my Linux laptop connecting with the VPN server. I use the terminal client and the output was always "Initialization Sequence Completed", but I wasn't able to connect to the internet. Then from the network manager I put "Automatic (DHCP) addresses only" in the IPv4 tab with OpenDNS as primary and secondary DNS. Now it works. Is this the right way of doing it? Am I missing something? Why do I have to change DNS on my Linux laptop to make it work?
Thanks everyone!