How Do I Stop Android Apps from Accessing Personal Information?
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How do I stop apps from tracking personal data on Android?

If you want to shut off location services completely, go to Settings > Privacy > Location Services and toggle the switch off. This will, of course, cause many of the services on your phone to stop working. However, you can take control of individual apps by setting when they can access location services.

Can I turn off all app permissions?

Open up the Settings app. Tap the Apps & notifications option. … Tap Permissions to see everything the app can access. To turn off a permission, tap on it.

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