{"id":24580,"date":"2024-05-29T09:10:06","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T17:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2024\/05\/29\/news-18310\/"},"modified":"2024-05-29T09:10:06","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T17:10:06","slug":"news-18310","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2024\/05\/29\/news-18310\/","title":{"rendered":"How to turn off location tracking on iOS and iPadOS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On iOS and iPadOS, location services are typically turned on when you first set up your device. However, there may be reasons why you don\u2019t want your device to be located, perhaps because you don\u2019t want to be found but need to keep the device with you.<\/p>\n<p>There are a few options to hide your location from prying eyes.<\/p>\n<p><em>Please note: I will only mention iOS from here on, but the instructions are almost the same for iPadOS.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-turn-off-location-services-by-app\">Turn off location services by app<\/h2>\n<p>Some apps will not work properly without location services, but it\u2019s certainly worth checking which ones are actually using them.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Go to <strong>Settings<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Privacy &amp; Security<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Location Services<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>If <strong>Location Services<\/strong> is on, you will see a list of apps with permissions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"1314\" src=\"https:\/\/www.malwarebytes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/ios-17-location-services.png?w=499\" alt=\"Apps using Location Services\" class=\"wp-image-111049\" style=\"width:auto;height:700px\" \/><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Scroll down to select an app.<\/li>\n<li>Now you can tap the app and select an option of <strong>Never<\/strong>, <strong>Ask Next Time Or When I Share<\/strong>, <strong>While Using the App<\/strong>, or <strong>Always<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>From here, apps should provide an explanation of how they will use your location information. Some apps might offer only two options.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-turn-location-services-off-entirely\">Turn location services off entirely<\/h2>\n<p>You can turn Location Services on or off at <strong>Settings<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Privacy &amp; Security<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Location Services<\/strong>. Move the slider control to the left to turn Location Services off.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"975\" height=\"459\" src=\"https:\/\/www.malwarebytes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/iPadOS_location_Services.jpg\" alt=\"Location Services menu\" class=\"wp-image-111050\" style=\"width:700px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Note that turning Location Services of will also disable the Find My feature for the device. <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-turn-off-find-my-iphone\">Turn off Find My iPhone<\/h2>\n<p>Find My iPhone allows a user to track their devices. It allows you to locate the device from another device, make it play a sound if you are close, and even remotely erase your device if you suspect it has fallen in the wrong hands.<\/p>\n<p>To disable Find My iPhone:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Go to <strong>Settings<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Select your account name.<\/li>\n<li>Choose <strong>Find My<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Turn the feature off. You will need to enter your iCloud password.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1179\" height=\"1445\" src=\"https:\/\/www.malwarebytes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/IMG_7202.jpg\" alt=\"Find my iPhone screen showing how to turn off Find My iPhone\" class=\"wp-image-111157\" style=\"width:700px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>An iPhone can still be tracked in some cases, even if it is in Airplane Mode. The only way tracking is not possible is to turn the iPhone off completely. \u00a0And even then, since iOS 15, iPhone models 11 and up will transmit their location even when powered off if the <strong>Find My Network<\/strong> is enabled in your settings.<\/p>\n<p>To turn off <strong>Find My network:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Go to <strong>Settings<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Select your account name.<\/li>\n<li>Choose <strong>Find My<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Turn <strong>Find My network <\/strong>off.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator alignfull has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n<p><strong>We don\u2019t just report on phone security\u2014we provide it<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cybersecurity risks should never spread beyond a headline. Keep threats off your mobile devices by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.malwarebytes.com\/ios\">downloading Malwarebytes for iOS<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.malwarebytes.com\/android\">Malwarebytes for Android<\/a> today.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.malwarebytes.com\/blog\/news\/2024\/05\/how-to-turn-off-location-tracking-on-ios-and-ipados\" target=\"bwo\" >https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/feed\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Making sure that your iPhone can&#8217;t be tracked is virtually impossible once someone has access to your Apple account <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[10488,10378],"tags":[2211,32],"class_list":["post-24580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-malwarebytes","category-security","tag-apple","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24580\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}