To deliver a more personalized experience, some apps may ask for your permission to track your activity across apps and websites on your iPhone. While this is indeed a helpful feature from a user experience perspective (from what they claim), you can choose to stop apps from doing so. When it comes to privacy, the more control you have, the better it is. After all, who knows what happens behind the scenes when the curtain goes down? Not to mention, the word “Insidious tracking” has left millions sleepless for lights, while it has haunted like a dreading spirit to a good many credulous souls.
To ensure you are always in complete control, iOS allows you to manage app tracking permissions right from one spot. Hence, if you want to keep track of and control apps that have the license to track you for thousands of years never go out of sight. That said, read on to learn how to manage app permissions on iPhone and iPad.
How to Permanently Disable App Tracking Permissions on iPhone and iPad
So, how do you stop greedy iPhone apps from tracking you endlessly? Thanks to Screen Time, it’s possible to keep a close watch on all the apps from one convenient spot and allow/disallow them from tracking. Since this feature is buried deep in Screen Time, I don’t think many of you would be aware of it.
- To get started, open the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad.
- Scroll down and choose “Screen Time”.
- After all, choose “Content and Privacy Restrictions”.
- Now, ensure that the toggle next to “Content and Privacy Restrictions” is enabled.
- Next, head over to the Privacy section and choose “Allow Apps to Request to Track”.
- On this screen, you should see a long list of apps. Next up, if you want to completely disable the “App Tracking on your iOS/iPadOS device” and stop new apps from requesting to track across other companies’ apps and websites, choose the “Don’t Allow Changes”.
- However, if you want to control apps on individual basis, turn on or off the toggles next to specific apps as per your needs. And that’s about it!
So, that’s how you can keep track of and manage app tracking permissions with utmost ease on your iPhone and iPad. Ever since I ran into this hidden Screen Time feature, I have made the best use of it to manage tracking without breaking any sweat. Hopefully, it will make your task smooth sailing as well.
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