Owners of phones, tablets, other gadgets, computers are not always convenient or want their location to be determined by the satellite. It is for this that the geolocation is responsible, which transmits data on the location of man to the satellite. How to turn it off on various devices that almost every person use it in the modern world?
Disable geolocation on your phone with android platform
Those who have a telephone on the Android platform can turn off geolocation without much difficulty. To do this, you will need to do the following:
- Go to settings.
- Select "My location".
- Disable access to location data.
- Or select a specific location definition mode that is convenient for you here and now.
Disable geolocation on Apple gadgets
- Here you need to go to "Settings".
- Select the "Privacy" string.
- Select the "geolocation service" position.
- Shift the connection indicator to the left.
- From this point on, your location will stop determined by the satellite.
In general, the method of disconnecting geolocation on all gadgets of this manufacturer is about the same, and even if there are small changes in some model, deal with the sequence of actions will not be difficult, since the algorithm is approximately the one as described above.
Disable geolocation in popular browsers
The computer can also define your location, as some sites request it to provide the user with topical information. The same applies to operating systems, and browsers. Consider how to turn off geolocation in the most popular options:
Yandex.
- To begin with, you will need to log in to the "Settings" tab:
- Then you need to brush the "settings" to the nose and press "Advanced Settings":
- Then you need to pay attention to the "Personal Information" block:
- In this block, you will need to click the "Content Settings" button:
- Here you will also need to scroll through all available blocks to "location" and click on the "Do not resolve" button:
Google Chrome
- To begin with, you need to go to "Settings":
- Then - "Optional":
- Then - in the "Content Settings":
- Here it will be necessary to press "geodata":
- And block location definition:
In general, we considered the most popular options for using geolocation on gadgets and browsers, if something else is used, for example, the opera browser, Mozilla, or some other, the algorithm for disconnecting geolocation in them is approximately the same as on Yandex and Chrome, Therefore, it will be possible to find the location and turn off geodata without difficulty.