How to Turn Off Location Services for All Apps at Once
While Location Services can come in handy in many situations, you should disable it if you’re concerned about apps knowing your location. Another reason to disable Location Services on the iPad is to save some battery power. Location services are probably turned on for your iPad, so here’s how to shut off location tracking for all your apps at once: With Location Services off, apps won’t be able to see your location, and you won’t be able to use services like Find My Friends.
How to Temporarily Disable Location Services
You can quickly turn Location Services off and on through the Control Center on your iPad. To do so, swipe down from the upper-right corner of the screen and tap the airplane icon to turn on Airplane Mode. While this method will shut down Location Services for all your apps in just a moment or two, it also stops your phone from taking or making calls and connecting to networks via cellular or Wi-Fi.
How to Manage Location Services for One App
While it is easier to disable Location Services for all the apps at once, you can also toggle the setting off for single apps so that they can’t identify your location. Every app that uses location services asks your permission first, but even if you allowed it before, you can still disallow it. Your settings will save as soon as you select them.
Never means the app can’t use your location at all.While Using the App means the app can see and use your location when the app is open.Always means that the app can read your location whether or not the app is open.
