Alter app permissions on your Android telephone

You can allow some apps to utilize diverse features on your phone, such equally your camera or contacts list. An app will transport a notification to ask for permission to use features on your phone, which you tin canPermit orDeny. You can also change permissions for a single app or past permission type in your phone'due south Settings.

Change app permissions

  1. On your phone, open up the Settings app.
  2. Tap Apps.
  3. Tap the app you want to change. If yous can't detect it, tap Run across all apps. Then, choose your app.
  4. Tap Permissions.
    • If you allowed or denied whatever permissions for the app, you'll observe them here.
  5. To modify a permission setting, tap it, then choose Allow or Don't allow.

For location, photographic camera, and microphone permissions, you may be able to choose:

  • All the time (Location but): The app tin can use the permission at any fourth dimension, even when y'all're not using the app.
  • Allow merely while using the app: The app can apply the permission just when y'all're using that app.
  • Enquire every time: Every fourth dimension y'all open up the app, it'll ask to use the permission. Information technology tin can use the permission until y'all're done with the app.
  • Don't allow: The app cannot apply the setting, fifty-fifty when yous're using the app.

Change permissions based on their type

Yous can cheque which apps have the same permission setting. For case, you can check which apps have permission to view your calendar.

  1. On your phone, open the Settings app.
  2. Tap Privacy And thenPermission manager.
  3. Tap a permission type.
    • If you allowed or denied permission to any apps, you'll find them here.
  4. To change an app'south permission, tap the app, and then cull your permission settings.

Types of permissions

Below is a listing of permissions and what they do when turned on for an app.

  • Trunk sensors: Get sensor info most your vital signs.
  • Calendar: Use your default calendar.
  • Telephone call logs: Access and change your call history.
  • Camera: Use your photographic camera to take pictures or videos.
  • Contacts: Access your contacts list.
  • Location: Gets your device'south location. Acquire about location settings.
  • Microphone: Record audio.
  • Nearby Bluetooth devices: Apps can find and connect to nearby devices. Larn how Nearby works.
  • Phone: Brand and manage telephone calls.
  • Concrete activity: Get info about your activeness like walking, biking, step count, and more.
  • SMS: Access incoming and send outgoing text letters.
  • Storage: Become photos and other files on your telephone.
  • Files and media: Use photos, media, and other files on your phone.

Automatically remove permissions for unused apps

  1. On your phone, open the Settings app.
  2. Tap Apps.
  3. Tap the app you lot want to change.
    • If y'all can't find it, tap See all apps. Then, choose your app.
  4. Under "Unused apps," turn on Remove permissions and costless up space.

Disable camera or microphone access on your device

  1. On your phone, open up the Settings app.
  2. Tap Privacy.
  3. Turn off Camera access or Microphone access.

Related resources

  • Download apps to your Android device

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