Apple recently released iOS 14.5 to the public, and it brings a lot of new features. You can unlock your iPhone with Face ID with a mask on, select a default music app, and, most importantly, app tracking prevention to prevent apps from tracking you on your iPhone/ iPad. So if you are tired of apps like Facebook trying to track all your activity over the internet and across apps and services, here is how to stop apps from tracking you in iOS 14.5.
Prevent Apps from Tracking You in iOS 14.5
It is fairly well known that most apps on your iPhone are trying to track you and learn what you like as much as they can. However, Apple is trying to cut down this tracking and give at least some power to the user to decide which apps are allowed to track them and which aren’t.
Basically, you will now start seeing pop-up notifications when an app you install wants to track you. If you want the app to be allowed to track you, you can tap on ‘Allow’ in the pop-up. Else, you can choose the ‘Ask app not to track’ option if you value your privacy.
That sounds great, but what if you don’t want to deal with these annoying pop-ups and want to prevent automatic tracking from apps? That’s what we discuss in this article and show you how to stop apps from tracking your activity on iPhones.
How to Prevent Specific Apps from Tracking You
If you have previously allowed an app to track you, but you no longer want it to do that anymore, you can turn off tracking permissions on a per-app basis. Follow the steps below to learn how to do that:
- Go to Settings -> Privacy -> Tracking.
- Here, you will see a list of apps that have requested tracking permissions along with toggles next to all of them. Disable the toggle for apps you don’t want to give permission to track you.
That’s it. The selected app will no longer be able to track your activity across apps on your iPhone. However, you can also choose to completely stop app tracking on your iOS 14.5 device.
How to Turn off Tracking in iOS 14.5 on iPhone
In order to prevent apps from even asking you for your permission to track your activities, follow the steps below.
- Go to Settings -> Privacy -> Tracking.
- Here, you will see an option that says ‘Allow Apps to Request to Track’. Disable this toggle to stop apps from tracking your activity across apps on your iPhone.
That’s it. Apps will no longer be able to show an annoying pop-up and ask you to allow tracking permissions for them. So you can rest easy.
Easily Stop App Tracking with iOS 14.5
That’s pretty much all you need to know about keeping your information more private and secure on an iPhone running iOS 14.5. As we discussed, there are a couple of ways to disable app tracking on your iPhone/ iPad, and hopefully, you found at least one of these methods useful. If you are a privacy-conscious user, we suggest you also read these tips to improve security and privacy in iOS 14. So, are you going to disable app tracking permissions on your iPhone? Let us know in the comments section below.
