Plow 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 give apps permission to employ your location

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

  • Tap Permit to allow the app use Location Services data as needed.
  • Tap Don't Let to prevent admission.2
  • Tap Ask Adjacent Time to choose Always While Using App, Allow Once, or Don't Allow.

iOS and iPadOS devices might utilize 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. Scroll downwards to notice the app.
  4. Tap the app and select an option:
    • Never: Prevents admission to Location Services information.
    • Inquire Next Fourth dimension: This allows y'all to cull E'er While Using App, Let Once, or Don't Permit.
    • While Using the App: Allows admission to Location Services only when the app or ane of its features is visible on screen. If an app is set to While Using the App, you might come across your condition bar turn blue with a message that an app is actively using your location.
    • Always: Allows access to your location fifty-fifty when the app is in the background.

From hither, apps should provide an caption of how the app will use your location data. Some apps might offer only ii options.

How to share your specific location

With iOS xiv and iPadOS 14, some apps can use Precise Location to get to your specific location. To share only your approximate location — which may exist sufficient for an app that doesn't need your exact location — plow Precise Location off. Here'south how:

  1. Go 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 bachelor), 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 lot allow permission.

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