How to Turn Off GPS on the iPhone

Last Updated: September 5, 2019

Turning off GPS on your iPhone is very easy, and if you aren't using it, it may help improve your phone's battery life, and also making sure that hackers or someone can't view your location, as well as other apps seeing where you are!

Steps

1
Go to your iPhone's home screen and click on the settings icon.
2
Under settings, find "Privacy" and click on it.

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3
Click on Location Services.
4
Turn off GPS here by turning off location services.
- Turn off location services.
5
Adjust individual program settings if desired. You can turn off GPS entirely by turning location services off using the on/off button at the top, or alternatively you can turn off GPS to individual apps using each individual on/off button.

Community Q&A

Question

Does Airplane Mode turn GPS off?

Community Answer

It depends on what version of iOS you are running. iPhones running iOS 8.2 or earlier will turn the GPS off when Airplane Mode is enabled. iPhones running iOS 8.3 or newer will keep GPS on when Airplane Mode is enabled.
Question

Does turning my phone off disable location services?

Community Answer

When you turn your phone back on, location services should automatically be activated. This varies depending on your IOS version.
Question

If location service is off, can I still use Find my iPhone?

Community Answer

You can use Find my iPhone even if location services are turned off, but not to locate it on a map. If location services are off, you can use Find my iPhone only to audibly ping your device (even if mute is enabled), lock it or erase.