HomeKit: If you have HomeKit-compatible devices, this will help trigger automations when you leave or return home.Find My iPhone: This constantly tracks your phone's location so you can find it at any time.Emergency Calls & SOS: Tracks your location during a 911 call so emergency responders know where you are.Device Management: Enables mobile device management (MDM) tracking.Compass Calibration: This helps the electronic compass stay accurate, which is probably useful when using a map app.It's entirely optional for your purposes. Cell Network Search: It tracks your location relative to local cell towers so Apple can collect data on usage and congestion.It identifies local vendors based on your location. Apple Pay Merchant Identification: This setting is specific to people with physical Apple Cards.Apple doesn't say in the menu what these services do, however, so we'll quickly summarize them below, so you know if you really need it or not. You can untoggle certain Services to reduce the amount of location data Apple uses. Next to each service, you'll see arrows that indicate if it has used your location recently or in the last 24 hours. Inside that submenu, you'll see every service that Apple uses your personal location data to provide. But it does track you by default for many of its own services, some of which you may not need or want.Īssuming you don't want to turn off tracking entirely, scroll to the bottom of the Location Services menu to find System Services. How to turn off location tracking for Apple System ServicesĪpple deserves credit for making apps ask you for permission before tracking your every move. You can then give (or deny) permission naturally over time.Īnother option would be to reset these permissions, then go to Settings > Privacy > Tracking and deselect 'Allow Apps to Request to Track.' This will prevent those permission prompts from ever appearing again. If you've decided that too many apps are following you around but don't want to reset them one by one, your other option is to navigate to Settings > General > Reset and tap 'Reset Location & Privacy.' That way, all apps will once again give you the menu prompt asking if you will permit them to track you. You can turn that setting off individually for each app, which will ensure the app only knows your 'approximate location.'
In that same menu, you'll see that 'Precise Location' is enabled by default for every app that tracks you.
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