Change app permissions on your Android phone

You lot can permit some apps to apply various features on your phone, such as your camera or contacts list. An app will send a notification to ask for permission to use features on your telephone, which you canLet orDeny. You can also change permissions for a single app or by permission type in your phone's Settings.

Change app permissions

  1. On your telephone, open the Settings app.
  2. Tap Apps.
  3. Tap the app that you want to change. If yous tin can't detect information technology, tap See all apps. Then, choose your app.
  4. Tap Permissions.
    • If yous allowed or denied whatever permissions for the app, you'll find them here.
  5. To change a permission setting, tap it, and so choose Permit or Don't allow.

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

  • All the time (location but): The app can employ the permission at any time, even when yous're not using the app.
  • Allow merely while using the app: The app can apply the permission only when you're using that app.
  • Ask every fourth dimension: Every fourth dimension you open up the app, it'll inquire you to use the permission. It can use the permission until you've finished with the app.
  • Don't let: The app cannot utilize the setting, even when y'all're using the app.

Alter permissions based on their blazon

Yous tin check which apps have the same permission setting. For example, you can check which apps accept permission to view your calendar.

  1. On your telephone, open up the settings app.
  2. Tap Privacy And thenPermission manager.
  3. Tap a permission blazon.
    • If yous immune or denied permission to any apps, you lot'll find them here.
  4. To change an app's permission, tap the app, so choose your permission settings.

Types of permissions

Below is a list of permissions and what they practice when turned on for an app.

  • Body sensors: Get sensor info nigh your vital signs.
  • Calendar: Use your default calendar.
  • Call logs: Access and alter your call history.
  • Camera: Utilize your camera to take pictures or videos.
  • Contacts: Admission your contacts list.
  • Location: Gets your device's location. Larn about location settings.
  • Microphone: Record audio.
  • Nearby Bluetooth devices: Apps can discover and connect to nearby devices. Learn how Nearby works.
  • Phone: Make and manage phone calls.
  • Concrete activeness: Go info about your activeness like walking, cycling, step count and more.
  • SMS: Access incoming and send outgoing text letters.
  • Storage: Go photos and other files on your phone.
  • Files and media: Apply 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 that y'all want to modify.
    • If you can't notice it, tap See all apps. Then, choose your app.
  4. Under 'Unused apps', plough on Remove permissions and free up infinite.

Disable camera or microphone access on your device

  1. On your phone, open 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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