The 8 Unnecessary iPhone Settings To Turn Off To Save Your Battery And Protect Your Privacy

There are a number of settings on your iPhone that are helpful, and a few that you could stand to disable. If a certain setting is killing your battery or invading your privacy and snatching your data, it may be doing you more harm than good. The bottom line is that you don’t have to keep any setting enabled on your phone — even a default setting — unless you want it there. 

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If you’re not sure where to even begin, follow some great tips outlined in this video and turn off these eight “unnecessary” iPhone settings to save your battery and protect your privacy. 

Go to Settings > General > System Services. Here you’ll see a number of system services that are toggled on, like Location-Based Suggestions, Share My Location, and Motion Calibration & Distance. Turn off settings like those under Product Improvement, for example, which requires that your phone runs constantly in the background and sends Apple your data. Turn off location settings to keep your private data more private.

On the heels of Unnecessary System Services you’ll want to turn off Location Services to ensure your phone isn’t tracking your every move. Go to Settings > Privacy > Location Services. You don’t have to turn off location services completely, but you will want to change your setting option from “always” to “while using” the app. You can also choose “never” for apps that really don’t require your data.

Go to Settings > Privacy > Analytics & Improvements. Here you’ll be able to see what analytics data you are sharing with Apple, such as iPhone Analytics and iCloud Analytics. Toggle off anything you don’t want to share.

Go to Settings > iTunes & App Stores > and toggle off In-App Ratings and Reviews. This setting is the entire reason why you are bombarded with requests from apps you’ve recently downloaded to rate and review the app. Keeping it off ensures you aren’t annoyed by these alerts.