iPhone · Location

Share only your approximate location

Why it matters

An app that doesn't need your exact location may work fine with your approximate one. With Precise Location on, an app gets your exact position.

If you leave it

Apps that don't need it still learn exactly where you are.

Where to find it

  • Settings
  • Privacy & Security
  • Location Services
  • The app
    Go through: “Precise Location”

Step by step

  • 1.
    Open Settings and tap Privacy & Security.
  • 2.
    Tap Location Services.
  • 3.
    Tap an app that does not need your exact position.
  • 4.
    Turn off Precise Location. Repeat for other apps.
Path from the official guide by Apple for iOS 26, as of 3 Oct 2026.
Open the guide on support.apple.com