In this tutorial we will go over list of iPhone or iOS setting you would want to disable right now. By default, your iOS comes with so many default setting which you don’t want to be enabled for your privacy reasons.
Let’s get started:
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Tip-1. Disable Significant Locations
Significant Locations allow your iPhone and iCloud connected devices to learn places significant to you.
Apple uses this location data to provide related ads and suggestions in Calendar, Photos.
This is significant privacy issue. It’s like Apple is tracking you where you are going and you should stop this at earliest.
How to disable Significant Locations?
- Go to Settings
- Click on Privacy
- Location Services
- System Services
- Significant Locations
Turn toggle offas you see in below image
Tip-2. Disable Default System Services
- Go to Settings
- Click on Privacy
- Location Services
- System Services
- Disable below services
Tip-3. Disable Raise to Wake
- Go to Settings
- Display & Brightness
- Disable Raise to Wake
Tip-4. Disable Background App Refresh
- Go o Settings
- Click on General
- Background App Refresh
- Disable Background App Refresh for most of your apps
- I mean it. You don’t need it for most of it.
Tip-5. Disable Apple Advertising
Let’s Limit Ads Tracking.
- Go to Settings
- Click on Privacy
- Apple Advertising
- Disable toggle for Personalized Ads
Tip-6. Disable Tracking
- Go to Settings
- Click on Privacy
- Tracking
- Disable Allow Apps to Request to Track
Tip-7. Disable In-App Ratings and Reviews
- Go to Settings
- App Store
- Disable toggle for In-App Ratings and Reviews
Tip-8. Disable Push Mail Setting
- Go to Settings
- Accounts
- Fetch New Data
- Disable toggle for Push
- Set Fetch Option for all accounts
- Set Fetch frequency to Every 15 Minutes
Tip-9. Disable Game Center
- Go to Settings
- Game Center
- Disable toggle for
Game Center
Tip-10. Disable iPhone and iCloud Analytics
Here is a detailed tutorial on how and what all things to disable and stop sending Analytics data to Apple.
I hope this article helps you disable all unnecessary iPhone settings and provide you little more Privacy.