How to turn on location services on iphone

How to turn on location services on iphone

1. Open your iPhone’s Settings app. This app’s icon has gray cogs, usually located on one of its home screens or inside the “Utilities” folder.

  • If you can’t find the “Settings” app, swipe from the top of your home screen and type “Settings” in the Spotlight search bar.

How to turn on location services on iphone

2. Tap on the Privacy option. You can find this option in the third of the option groups.

How to turn on location services on iphone

3.Tap on Location Services . Tapping it will take you to a menu where you can manage location services.

How to turn on location services on iphone

4. Toggle the switch next to Location Services to “ On “. When you enable the service, you will see a list of applications.

  • If you can’t tap this button, Location Services may be disabled in the “Restrictions” menu. See the next section for details.
How to turn on location services on iphone
How to turn on location services on iphone

5. Tap an app to set location preferences. Tap an app in the list and you’ll see the various Location Services options available for the app.

  • Select Never to completely disable Location Services for the app .
  • Select While Using to use Location Services only when the app is open and active .
  • Select Always to always allow Location Services . This can only be done for background apps like Weather.
How to turn on location services on iphone
How to turn on location services on iphone

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