You’ll get a notice telling you that, while Location Services will be disabled for all apps, it will temporarily come online if you use the “Find My iPhone” and report your phone lost.Toggle the “Location Services” switch to off.If you want to truly go off the grid, you can disable location services to prevent your phone from collecting any location data at all: To check whether your phone is still collecting location data, go down to the very bottom of the “System Services” screen and toggle the switch on for “Status Bar Icon.” This will display an arrow at the top of your screen when an app on your phone is accessing your location. If you want to change a specific app’s access to your location data, click on the app listing.Īrrows show which apps are accessing your location.Each listing will show the app’s name and the type of permission it has: “Never,” “When Shared,” or “While Using.” “When Shared” refers to the option “Ask Next Time Or When I Share.” Meanwhile, “While Using” will usually mean “While using the App,” but it can sometimes also refer to “While Using the App or Widgets.” Scroll down to find a list of all the apps that enable location services.Unless you want to completely cut all location services off (see below), leave it alone “Location Services” will most likely be switched on.However, if an app asks for your location and you don’t feel it needs the data, you can disable location services for that app. Location data is useful for some apps (for example, if you want to order food) and necessary for others, like maps or ride-shares. Turn off location access for specific apps The following directions were tested on an iPhone 11 running iOS 15 if you’re running a different version of iOS, there shouldn’t be much difference. Toggling your location settings can differ from phone to phone, depending on what model of iPhone you have and what version of iOS it’s running. The good news is you can tighten your controls so that apps are only accessing your location when it’s necessary.
Other times, it’s just more data that services and companies collect about you, creating privacy concerns.
That information can be useful for a lot of things, such as letting others know where you are or finding your phone when it’s lost. Your iPhone uses information from your cell service, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GPS to pinpoint its location, and since you almost always have your phone on you, your location as well.
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