How to Stop Apps from Tracking You on iPhone

How to Stop Apps from Tracking You on iPhone (1)How to Stop Apps from Tracking You on iPhone (1)

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Apps are tracking your activity across your phone. You can disable these permissions to regain your privacy.

  1. Go to Settings, tap Privacy & Security, then select Tracking and toggle off any apps you do not want to monitor your activity. [0:32]
  2. Open Location Services in your privacy settings to review which apps have access to your location and set their permissions to “Never” or “While Using the App” instead of “Always.” [1:21]
  3. Navigate to Apple Advertising within Privacy & Security and toggle off Personalized Ads to prevent Apple from building a profile based on your behavior. [2:28]
  4. Open your Apple ID settings and select Find My to review or disable location sharing for your devices. [3:06]
  5. Review the Bluetooth list under Privacy & Security and turn off access for any apps that do not need to connect to local devices.

Ninja Tip: Open your browser settings and enable “Prevent Cross-Site Tracking” to stop websites from following your movements across different domains while you surf the web.

For a clean slate, go to Settings > General > Transfer or Reset iPhone > Erase All Content and Settings.

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