How To Make Android Stop Adding Locations to Pictures
If your camera app has access to your location, you may be sharing it with anyone who can see it.You can learn how to prevent your phone's camera from saving your location to photos and videos.You can turn off location saving in your Camera's settings if you're using the default Camera app.You'll learn how to remove location data from photos you've already taken using a free app from the Play Store.
Step 1: You can open the Camera app on your phone.
You can usually find it at the bottom of the screen.
Step 2: Go to the camera's settings.
There are different steps to get there.The gear icon is located at the top- left corner of the phone or camera.tap the menu and select
Step 3: The location tags switch can be moved to the off position.
The "Save location" option may be similar on some versions of the operating system.Your location won't be connected to any photos or videos you take with the Camera app if this slider is off.This setting won't affect the photos you take with other camera apps.This setting won't affect the photos you've already taken.You can remove your location info from older images.
Step 4: Open the settings on your phone.
If you take photos with apps other than your default Camera app, your location may be attached to them.The app's access to your location can be blocked in your settings.To get there, you have to tap the gear at the top-right corner.
Step 5: You can open your app permission settings.
The location of these settings varies by manufacturer.You can tap and then.The company said to tap and select.
Step 6: To find your location, tap it.
You can skip this step if you're using a stock version of the phone.
Step 7: You can hide your location by going to the app.
If the app can or can't access your location, it's displayed on the screen.
Step 8: The switch should be turned off.
The app won't be able to use your location if the switch is gray.The setting won't affect the photos you've already taken.You can remove your location info from older images.
Step 9: For location data, check your photo.
You can find out if your location is attached to a photo by using the Google Photos app.If you don't see the multicolored flower icon in the app drawer, you can download it for free from the Play Store.You can see which info is attached to your photo by following these steps.Look at a photo.Put your finger on the photo.If the location is attached to the photo, it will appear on a map with the exact coordinates below.
Step 10: The Play Store has a photo Metadata Remover.
All hidden information, including location-saving, is removed from your photos with this free app.EXIF Eraser, which has positive reviews, is one of the alternatives to this app.If you want to download the app, you have to search for it in the Play Store.The app will remove other hidden data, including the date and time the photo was taken, the camera type, lens information, and the software used to take the picture.
Step 11: It is possible to open a Metadata Remover.
There is a gray-and-white scissors icon on the home screen.If you're still in the store, you can launch it now.If you're using the app for the first time, you have to give it permission to access your photos.
Step 12: You can choose how the photos are processed.
A new copy of the photo will be created if the location and other data are removed.You can remove the data from the original file without making a copy by using the gear/menu icon on the main screen.You can tap.You can select.
Step 13: Select the photos you want to keep private.
You can choose photos individually by tapping and making your selection.If you want to select an entire photo folder, tap.
Step 14: Start the removal.
The on-screen instructions will show you how to remove the data from the photo.You will see a confirmation screen once the process is over.
Step 15: You can do it on the confirmation screen.
There is a large green-and-white checkmark at the bottom-right corner of the screen.The location information is no longer included in the photos.The new location-free versions of your photos will be found in a sub- folder in your Pictures directory.This folder is found in your file browser app and the default Gallery app on your phone.