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

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

How to requite apps permission to apply your location

Some apps might non work unless you turn on Location Services.1 The first fourth dimension an app needs to access your Location Services information, you'll become a notification asking for permission. Cull i of these options:

  • Tap Allow to permit the app use Location Services information as needed.
  • Tap Don't Allow to forbid access.2
  • Tap Inquire Next Fourth dimension to choose Always While Using App, Allow Once, or Don't Let.

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

How to turn Location Services on or off for specific apps

  1. Become to Settings > Privacy > Location Services.
  2. Make certain that Location Services is on.
  3. Scroll down to detect the app.
  4. Tap the app and select an selection:
    • Never: Prevents access to Location Services data.
    • Ask Next Fourth dimension: This allows you to cull Always While Using App, Allow In one case, or Don't Let.
    • While Using the App: Allows access to Location Services but when the app or i of its features is visible on screen. If an app is set to While Using the App, you might come across your status bar turn blue with a message that an app is actively using your location.
    • Always: Allows admission to your location even when the app is in the background.

From here, apps should provide an explanation of how the app will use your location information. Some apps might offer only two options.

How to share your specific location

With iOS 14 and iPadOS 14, some apps can utilise Precise Location to get to your specific location. To share only your judge location — which may be sufficient for an app that doesn't need your verbal location — turn Precise Location off. Hither's how:

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

Learn more almost privacy and Location Services.

  1. Location Services uses GPS and Bluetooth (where they're available), along with crowd-sourced Wi-Fi hotspots and cellular towers to decide the gauge location of your device.
  2. Apps won't use your location until they ask for your permission and you allow permission.

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