How to Prevent Apps From Accessing Location on Windows 10 [Tutorial]
43How to Prevent Apps From Accessing Location on Windows 10 [Tutorial]
Several Windows applications will have access to the Location feature in Windows. Sometimes this feature can be helpful for reminders, maps, and other applications that require to track your location so that you can get more relevant information. However, if you are concerned about your privacy, then you can disable the location feature for applications. There are several different methods through which you can configure the location access for applications.
Location privacy settings is part of the Settings application which allows you to customize your location access permissions for apps and users. Recent Windows 10 builds can be configured to allow or deny access to the location for your installed apps and the operating system itself. Only if allowed, the OS and installed apps will be able to use your location data.
If you don't like the idea of your Windows 10 PC knowing your location all the time, you can quickly adjust your settings to turn it off. You can choose to disable location tracking for just your user account or for every user account on your computer, and we are here to walk you through it.
Windows Settings is a component of Microsoft Windows that allows the users to customize and configure their operating system. This is similar to the control panel but in a much better-categorized way. You can find all the privacy-related options by simply going to the privacy setting. Location access can be found under the app permissions in the privacy setting. This is the default way to configure this setting.
This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops, and tablets running the Windows 10 operating system (Home, Professional, Enterprise, Education) from all supported hardware manufactures, like Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba, Lenovo, and Samsung).