Apple offers a feature on the iPhone where you can control which apps are tracking you. You can choose to stop all apps from tracking you, or you can choose to allow individual apps to track you.
This feature gives you more control over your privacy on your iPhone with the various apps you download from Apple’s App Store.
The App Tracking feature is turned off by default in Apple, you can check your tracking settings on your iPhone from the Privacy setting on your device. To do this go here Adjustment , privacy , to keep trackIt can be seen in the screenshot below.
Since this feature is turned off by default, you don’t need to make any changes to the settings if you don’t want to be tracked on your device. It’s worth checking though to make sure it’s turned off on your device.
If you want to allow certain apps to track you, you need to toggle the switch for ‘.Allow apps to request tracking‘ but, as in the screenshot below.
When you open an app with this setting you will be prompted to allow the app to track you, as you can see above I have refused both Facebook and Instagram from tracking me.
As you block more apps from tracking you, they will be added to the list and if you have a specific app that you don’t mind tracking, you can allow it and it’s in the list below Will be seen.
If you want to completely stop all apps from tracking you then you just need to turn off the ‘Allow request apps to be tracked’ switch as shown in the screenshot below.
Apple introduced these features last year when they released iOS 14.5, a feature designed to make app tracking more transparent and let everyone know when an app is tracking them and let you track that app to you. Also give option to stop tracking. This is a part of Apple’s constant updates to make its users more aware of their privacy.
Personally, I think this is a great feature as it gives iPhone and iPad users more control over their device’s app tracking and also alerts you when you are tracked by a particular app. Apple also added several other new privacy features when it released iOS 15. The current version of iOS software is iOS 15.3 at the time of writing this article.
You can find out more about app tracking on Apple iPhone on Apple’s website, we hope you find this guide helpful, if you have any questions, please leave a comment below.
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