Secure your location

Phones include GPS which can find your location with great accuracy. You can turn off some kinds of location sharing, but emergency services and mobile providers can still access your location whenever the phone is on.

Choose the kind of phone below to see our guides for adjusting location and other privacy settings.

Smartphones connect to cloud accounts like Apple ID or Google. Features designed to help find lost phones can be used by anyone who has access to your account to see the location of your phone and adjust settings as if they were you. If you are part of a family sharing account, this is another way someone else can access your location.

Choose the kind of cloud account below to see our guides for adjusting location sharing.

Many apps use your location and some share that location with others.

Choose a social media account from the list below to see our guides for adjusting your location settings.

• Friends or family might accidentally share info on social media, or in conversation. Ask them to please not share your location.
• Your phone’s camera and photo apps may store where a photo was taken. You can turn off location in the settings of those apps.
• Someone could misuse your car’s navigational system (GPS).
• Some small ‘trackers’ can be hidden in your bag or backpack, or in gifts to your children.
• Someone with access to your phone might install spyware.

If you’re worried your location is tracked in these ways, you may want to call 0808 2000 247.