While useful, the geolocation feature on your phone doesn’t need to be enabled all the time, especially when you don’t need to know your location or get a specific address.
For example, if you want to save battery life , disabling GPS on Android will help you achieve better battery life, since the tool won’t be working in the background.
So, if you don’t want GPS enabled 24/7 on your smartphone, here’s how to disable it and use it only when you really need it. There are several methods that will allow you to turn off GPS whenever you want.
This is how you can disable GPS on Android phones.
The most common and easiest method is to use your phone’s shortcut panel, do the following:
– Go to the home screen of your phone and swipe down from top to bottom to display the shortcut menu.
– A small window will open with a few options, so swipe again in the same direction to access the entire menu
– Now you will see each of the functions that are on the panel, look for the one called “Location” and tap on it to disable the GPS
Disable GPS in your phone settings
Another common procedure is to turn off the GPS from the terminal settings. These are the steps:
– Go to your phone’s “Settings” app
– Move the cursor down, tap the “Location” option, and tap the switch to the right of “Use Location” to disable GPS on your Android phone.
Prevent an app from using GPS
If you don’t want a specific app to have access to GPS, you can do so as follows:
– Go to the “Settings” app on your smartphone
– Go to the “Apps” section and press “See all apps”
– You will see each of the applications that are installed on the phone, look for the app that you do not want to use the GPS
– Once inside the app menu, select “Permissions”
– Scroll down, tap “Location” and tap “Don’t Allow”
