Your location helps apps show nearby places and services. On iPhone and iPad, location permissions let you allow or block an app’s location access.
Location Services must be on before you can give an app location access. Each app then has its own permission, so you can allow navigation while limiting other apps. The available access levels depend on what the app requests.
Precise Location controls whether an allowed app receives your exact position or an approximate area. An approximate location can be enough for local weather, while navigation may need more detail.
Steps to manage location access for apps on iPhone and iPad:
- Open Settings on your iPhone or iPad.
- Tap Privacy & Security.
- Tap Location Services.
- Turn on Location Services if it is off.
Turning Location Services on also lets other apps with existing permission use it.
- Tap the app whose location permission you want to change.
An app appears here after it requests location access. If it is missing, open the app and use a feature that needs your location, such as its current-location button, before returning to this list.
- Select the permission you want under Allow Location Access.
Never blocks access through Location Services. Ask Next Time or When I Share lets the app ask again. While Using the App allows access during use. Always allows background access and appears only for apps that offer it.
- Set Precise Location to match the accuracy you want to share if the switch is available.
This switch gives the app your precise location when on and an approximate area when off. The tick beside the permission and the switch show the access the app now has.