Location services on your iPhone, also known as GPS, help determine your location and are useful for navigation apps and many other applications. This article will guide you on how to quickly turn this feature on or off on your iPhone.
1. What are the benefits of location services on iPhone?
Notify users when arriving at or leaving a location
If you regularly schedule your work, the locations you’ve visited and are about to visit are easy to manage and won’t miss any work, this feature is very useful. You can set parameters for time and location on the geographic location positioning on your phone.
Send your current location to others via text message
With this feature, you can quickly send your location to others via text message instead of spending a lot of time searching on Google.
Determine your location on the map
Inform others that you are on your way to meet them or have just left a location.
Find My Friends for iPhone is a useful application to help find the location of friends and relatives and vice versa. Your friends and you using devices running the iOS operating system can track each other through Find My Friends.
For example, location services on your iPhone can notify others that you are on your way to meet them.
Help you calculate and remind you of travel time
You often have to attend many meetings and events; to ensure your time, you can set up a calculation feature to remind you of your travel time through the Calendar application on your iPhone. You can also see a list of frequently visited places through the iPhone’s location services.
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2. Does turning on location services compromise privacy?
Information security is certainly very important to you when using any application. You may wonder if your information is being tracked by any individual or organization when you turn on location services on your iPhone.
The case of Facebook being accused of violating user privacy in 2019 is a typical example. The data that Facebook could obtain from a user’s iPhone includes location history, where you go, come, and stay. This information is used to analyze advertising needs and business purposes targeting users.
iPhone with location services
In reality, many other applications also require access to the user’s location. Therefore, you need to understand and have information about the application and know how to protect your personal data safely.
Follow the next sections to learn how to protect your personal information when using your iPhone.
3. How to turn on location services on iPhone
To turn on location services on your iPhone, follow these steps:
Note: This guide can also be applied to the latest iPhone models, including: iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro, iPhone 14 Pro Max, and the newest iPhone 16 series: iPhone 16, 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Pro, iPhone 16 Pro Max.
Step 1: On your iPhone home screen, tap Settings > Tap Privacy.
Access Settings and select Privacy
Step 2: Tap Location Services > Toggle the Location Services switch to the right to turn it green.
Turn on location services on your iPhone
If you want to enable location services for individual apps, you can also do so quickly.
On the Location Services screen, scroll down and you will see a list of applications > Select the application you want to enable location services for > Select While Using the App or Ask Next Time if you want the application to require your consent when using location data.
Turn on location services for any app
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4. How to turn off location services on iPhone
To turn off location services on your iPhone, follow these steps:
Step 1: Access Settings on your iPhone > Tap Privacy.
Go to settings to proceed with the steps
Step 2: Tap Location Services. You will now see the Location Services option is set to On.
Location services are currently on
Step 3: Toggle the Location Services switch to the left > Tap Turn Off to confirm turning off location services on your device.
Turn off location services on iPhone
If you need to use location services on your device but don’t want a specific app to use your location, you can change the location settings for that app by:
On the Location Services screen, tap the app name > Tap Never to stop providing your location when using this app.
Turn off location services for a specific app
Hopefully, this article provides you with useful information. We wish you a successful implementation and see you in the next articles.
