How to turn off facebook location on iphone and iPad
So if you don’t want to share your location on facebook with your friends while posting a image or status on your iOS devices like iPhone 4 , iPhone 5, 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 plus or iPad and iPod Touch. If you don’t turn off the location services for facebook app on your iOS device, facebook automatically grabs your location via GPS or Wi-Fi router, and attaches it to your post.
You can turn off location and GPS services for facebook app either by going to apple iOS settings or By going in to Facebook app. You can also turn off location while posting your status.
But the most effective method is to block facebook location and GPS sharing through iPhone and iPad settings.
When you first launch Facebook app on your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch for the first time, it will ask you ‘Allow app access to your location’, allowing your Facebook to use your location services means that your photos and videos you will take using your camera will be geotagged. Every post you share with your friends on your timeline will be tagged with your current location of your iPhone and iPad. All your photos and posts will have location sharing feature enabled that will save the location of your iPhone while sharing your Posts on facebook.
How to turn off facebook location on iphone and iPad
1 Go to your iPhone or iPad Settings.
2 Scroll down and Go to second tab and Click on Privacy.
3 Under Privacy Go to > Location services.
4. If you want to turn off location services only for Facebook and social media apps, then don’t turn off Location services.
Instead turn off the location services for individual apps.
5. Tap on Facebook app under location services.
6. Go to > Allow location access.
7. Toggle on ‘never allow ‘ location access to this app
Now, all location and GPS services are disabled and switched off for your iOS device facebook app.
How to turn off facebook location on iphone and iPad |
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| 1. Go to your iPhone or iPad Settings. | 2. Go to second tab and Click on Privacy. |
| 3. Under Privacy Go to > Location services. | 4. Instead turn off the location services for individual apps. |
| 5. Tap on Facebook app under location services. . |
6. Tap on never to disallow Facebook app to use Your Apple iPhone location again. |
ALSO SEE these apple ios How to guides:
Apple iPhone, iPad and iPod touch Location services Guide:
- How to turn on GPS on the iPhone.
- How to track a stolen iphone without icloud and tracking app.
- Track Your lost iOS device Using ‘Find My iPhone’ app.
- How to track your lost iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and Mac.
- How to access location History on iPhone (With pictures).
- How to disable photo or camera geotagging on iPhone and iPad.
- How to deactivate or turn off GPS tracking on iPhone and iPad.
- How to turn off facebook location on iphone and iPad.