If penning down thoughts pleases you no end, “Apple Journal” can be your soulmate. To make journaling a tad easier, the app also offers helpful journaling suggestions. Notably, the app allows others to detect you are nearby in order to prioritize their suggestions. While this is indeed a super handy feature for collaboration, some of you may want to turn it off due to privacy concerns. If that’s you, let me show you how to stop Apple Journal from detecting your location on iPhone.
Prevent Apple Journal from Detecting Your Location on iPhone
It’s been a while since I started using the newly introduced Apple Journal app for iOS. While it may not be the most feature-packed journal app out there, it makes journaling dead simple. Whether you wish to jot down your thoughts using the software keyboard or dictate your terms using the built-in microphone, the app ensures you have the needed tools to map your mind without any hassle.
To further simplify the whole affair, the Journal app even provides fully personalized suggestions so that you can get started without having to wrestle with your mind. However, allowing others to figure out that you are nearby may not go down well with everyone. Especially those who put “Security & Privacy” above everything else.
- To get started, open the “Settings” app on your iPhone.
- Now, scroll down and choose “Privacy & Security“.
- Next, select “Journaling Suggestions”.
- Finally, turn off the toggle next to “Discoverable by others” and you are good to go!
- From now on, the Apple Journal app will no longer allow your friends or anyone else to find out that you are nearby. Hence, you can rest assured that no one will be able to discover your nearby location.
Later, if you ever wish to get back this hidden feature, return to the same “Privacy & Security” section and turn on the toggle next to “Discoverable by others”.
Frequently Asked Questions
1. How do you delete a useless journal on your iPhone?
Ans: Deleting an unnecessary journal is pretty simple. To do so, open the Apple Journal app on your iPhone -> head over to a specific journal -> tap on the triple-dot icon, and choose the “Delete” button in the menu.
2. How do you sync your journals with iCloud?
On your iPhone, go to the Settings app -> tap on the Apple ID banner at the top -> iCloud -> Show All -> Find the Apple Journal app, and then turn on the switch right next to it to enable iCloud syncing.
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