This wikiHow teaches you how to prevent Facebook Messenger from accessing your location on an Android phone. You can disable all of Facebook Messenger's location access from within your Android's Settings app.
Steps
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Open your Android's Settings. Swipe down from the top of your Android's screen, then tap the Settings icon.
- You cannot disable location sharing from within the Messenger app.
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Tap Apps . It's near the bottom of the screen. This opens a list of apps on your Android.
- On a Samsung Galaxy, be sure to tap the Apps option that has "Default apps, App permissions" listed below it.
- You may need to scroll down a bit to see this option.
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Scroll down and tap Messenger . This option should be in the "M" section of the menu. Doing so opens a list of options for Facebook Messenger.
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Tap Permissions . It's near the bottom of the screen.
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Tap the "Location" switch. It will turn grey, signifying that Facebook Messenger will no longer have access to your Android's location.Advertisement
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Tips
- To turn off a Live Location Share in Messenger, you can open the conversation in which you sent your location and then tap STOP SHARING on the Live Location Share message.Thanks
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Warnings
- You cannot disable location sharing from within the Messenger app.Thanks
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1. Open your Android's Settings
2. Tap Apps
3. Scroll down and tap Messenger
4. Tap Permissions
5. Tap the colored "Location" switch to OFF.
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