And Apple doesn’t want you to touch this, because today the consumption of battery, data or any other concern you may have, and the reason why many people do it, is absurd, because it barely has a noticeable effect, and We will only have to remove it on specific and necessary occasions.
How to disable location on iPhone
To do this, as we said, there is no easily accessible button, so it will have to be done through the phone settings, following these steps:
Settings > Privacy > Location > Deactivate
The truth is that it is very simple. Once we get to the location section we can remove it at a general level, or even do it application by application, since possibly we only want WhatsApp, or another specific one, to not have access, while Google Maps, for example, does continue to work, for example. which will depend on our purpose, but the process is very simple.
Advantages and disadvantages of doing it
Regarding the advantages and disadvantages of removing the location, we hardly have any, especially if we talk about advantages, since the only ones we can think of are falsifying our position, or prevent Google from “tracking” us something that, although it is true that they do, is not dangerous either, and if we want to use Maps or another Google app at some point, they will end up knowing our position, so it is not really a benefit to eliminate it.
As for cons, yes they exist, since you may not want Apple to know things about you, but honestly, I prefer advertising from my city, rather than them not knowing anything about me and showing me something from even another country, which interests me. less. Furthermore, any app, game or browser that needs it will ask you for it, and you will have to activate and deactivate it all the time, something quite tedious.
Additionally, depending on your operator, country, etc., you may have problems when making emergency callswhere they will not be able to locate you precisely, which can even put your life in danger, so it is something to keep in mind, since a simple click can change everything.
On the other hand, if you have automations such as turning on the lights when you get home, or locating your phone if you lose it, they won’t work either, so there are more things than you think, and a complete deactivation may not be the best.
Therefore, think carefully about whether or not you want to do this, although as we already said, At the battery and data consumption level, it is negligibleso it is not profitable to do so if you think that this will last longer.
And you, are you one of those who prefer that no one knows where they are, or, on the contrary, do you like that all the apps and services work well despite this?
