The iPhone System Settings You Should Turn Off Right Away Because They Can Track Your Location, Collect Data, And Drain Your Battery

You may think your iPhone is working in your favor at all times. What else should you expect from a device that costs three figures (sometimes four) and that you use for everything under the sun? But there are certain settings on your phone that are enabled — right this very minute — that are invading your privacy and killing your battery.

Unfortunately, the onus is going to be on you to find out which settings are causing this chaos so that you can disable them ASAP. Luckily, you’ll have help in this area from some experts:

Turn off these iPhone settings as soon as possible to reduce the battery depletion, location tracking, and data collecting they’re inflicting on your device.

Apple uses cell phone towers to figure out your location so that it can send you targeted ads. Prevent this from happening by turning off Cell Network Search. And don’t be intimidated by Apple’s attempt to scare you into thinking you need this service so Apple can provide the best location services. Your GPS does a better job of that.

When you attempt to turn off Network & Wireless to save battery power, you’re confronted with another Apple warning: turning off location for networking and wireless may affect Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and Ultra Wideband performance. Unless you’re okay with your phone sending info to Apple about where you use Wi-Fi, feel free to turn off this setting.

Apple and their partners gain so much insight into your locations — including everywhere you’ve been — when you have Significant Locations enabled. If this creeps you out, turn off the setting.