Hello Brendan,
there isn’t a setting for that, but you can do a customization to remove the location filter completely.
For sites that are just starting out this can be a strategic option
Links for Categories and Tags on the Detail page will include the location of the listing. For example, the “Restaurant” Category at the top of the page will have a link that includes the location of the listing: https://MyGeodirectory.com/places/united-kingdom/northern-ireland/newcastle/restaurants/
Use the following snippet to make the link for Categories and Tags point to the base page like: https://MyGeoDirectory.com/places/restaurants/
The following Snippet will remove the filter that adds the location slugs to the URL on any page including Listing pages.
remove_filter('term_link', 'geodir_get_term_link', 10);
New to snippets? See the bottom of this page:
https://wpgeodirectory.com/docs/customizing-your-style/