If you’re concerned about the privacy of your data, there are a few ways to disable certain iPhone apps from tracking your activity.
- Open the Settings app on your iPhone and scroll down to Privacy. Tap on the button that says “Limit Ad Tracking.” This will disable all ad tracking features for all apps on your device.
- To limit tracking by individual apps, open the Settings app and tap on General. Under “Privacy,” select “Limit Access to Location Services.” This will only allow specific apps access to your location, rather than allowing all apps access.
- You can also disable tracking altogether by turning off “Location Services” in the Settings app under General > Privacy > Location Services. ..
As part of a suite of privacy enhancements in iOS 14, apps will have to ask before tracking your activity across other companies’ apps and websites. Here’s how to stop them from asking and automatically tell apps not to track you.
First, open Settings on your iPhone or iPad.
Tap “Privacy” on the Settings screen.
Tap “Tracking” near the top of the Privacy screen.
Tap the switch beside “Allow Apps to Request to Track” to turn it off. When it’s off, the switch will be grayed out and pointing to the left.
After that, exit Settings. From now on, apps will no longer pop up requests asking to track you. This means that, by default, you are telling all apps not to profile you for targeted advertising—unless you’ve previously given them permission to do so.
To change which apps can track you for targeted advertising individually, visit Settings > Privacy > Tracking and turn off the switches beside any app listed there. It’s important to note that even with this option disabled, you can still be tracked while using the web on your iPhone. Stay safe out there!
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