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

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

How to requite apps permission to use your location

Some apps might not work unless you plow on Location Services.1 The first fourth dimension an app needs to access your Location Services information, you lot'll get a notification asking for permission. Cull one of these options:

  • Tap Allow to permit the app use Location Services information as needed.
  • Tap Don't Allow to forbid access.2
  • Tap Ask Next Time to choose E'er While Using App, Permit In one case, or Don't Let.

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

How to plow Location Services on or off for specific apps

  1. Go to Settings > Privacy > Location Services.
  2. Make sure that Location Services is on.
  3. Scroll down to find the app.
  4. Tap the app and select an selection:
    • Never: Prevents access to Location Services data.
    • Ask Next Time: This allows you to choose Always While Using App, Permit Once, or Don't Let.
    • 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 ready to While Using the App, you might see your condition bar turn blue with a message that an app is actively using your location.
    • Ever: 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 fourteen, some apps can utilise Precise Location to get to your specific location. To share only your approximate location — which may be sufficient for an app that doesn't need your exact location — plow Precise Location off. Here's how:

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

Learn more about 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 determine the approximate 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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