How to Change the Location Tracking Settings on iPhoneHow to Fix iPhone Location Services Always On IssueHow to Disable Location Services for an App on iPhone
How to Change the Location Tracking Settings on iPhone
If there exists an app like a third party map or tracking app, which needs location always in the background, then here is how to allow it.
How to Fix iPhone Location Services Always On Issue
Are you seeing the location icon constantly and unnecessarily in your iPhone status bar? Here is how to control it. The most probable culprits are Diagnostics & Usage and Location-Based Apple Ads. Equally likely but useful occasionally are Popular Near Me (that is used in the App Store) and Spotlight Suggestions. In the case of the latter, whenever you search for a location right from Spotlight or search something like “restaurants,” if the switch is ON, this will trigger location services. Also, turn off all the options under PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT – iPhone Analytics, Popular Near Me, and Routing & Traffic. Turn off Background App Refresh: If you have permitted an app to access location and if Background App refresh is ON for it, then it may use the location services even when the app is not on screen. To turn off Background App Refresh, open Settings app → General → Background App Refresh. Here, turn off for a particular app or switch this feature entirely.
How to Disable Location Services for an App on iPhone
When you open an app for the first time after installing it, you may choose ‘Don’t Allow’ to stop it from accessing the location even once. But if you have allowed an app to gather location but now, you want to take back this permission, then follow along. The app is now not allowed to access your location. Please note that some ride apps, payment apps, and map apps may completely stop working after this. If this happens, follow the above steps and choose ‘While Using the App’ in step 4. That’s all, mate! You may also like to take a look at:
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