Turn Location Services and GPS on or off on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod impact

Learn how to turn Location Services and GPS on or off for individual apps.

How to give apps permission to use your location

Some apps might non work unless you turn on Location Services.1 The showtime time an app needs to access your Location Services data, you'll get a notification asking for permission. Choose 1 of these options:

  • Tap Allow to let the app utilize Location Services data as needed.
  • Tap Don't Allow to forestall access.2
  • Tap Ask Adjacent Fourth dimension to choose Ever While Using App, Permit Once, or Don't Allow.

iOS and iPadOS devices might apply Wi-Fi and Bluetooth to determine your location. GPS and cellular location are available on iPhone and iPad (Wi-Fi + Cellular) models.

How to plough Location Services on or off for specific apps

  1. Go to Settings > Privacy > Location Services.
  2. Make sure that Location Services is on.
  3. Whorl downward to find the app.
  4. Tap the app and select an option:
    • Never: Prevents access to Location Services data.
    • Ask Next Time: This allows you to cull Always While Using App, Allow Once, or Don't Allow.
    • While Using the App: Allows admission to Location Services only when the app or one of its features is visible on screen. If an app is set to While Using the App, you might see your condition bar turn blue with a message that an app is actively using your location.
    • Always: Allows access to your location even when the app is in the groundwork.

From here, apps should provide an explanation of how the app volition use your location data. Some apps might offer just 2 options.

How to share your specific location

With iOS 14 and iPadOS 14, some apps tin use Precise Location to get to your specific location. To share only your estimate location — which may be sufficient for an app that doesn't demand your verbal location — turn Precise Location off. Here'southward how:

  1. Go to Settings > Privacy, then select Location Services.
  2. Select an app, then turn Precise Location on or off.

Acquire more than well-nigh privacy and Location Services.

  1. Location Services uses GPS and Bluetooth (where they're available), along with oversupply-sourced Wi-Fi hotspots and cellular towers to make up one's mind the guess location of your device.
  2. Apps won't use your location until they ask for your permission and yous permit permission.

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