How to Turn off Location on Laptop Windows 10

In this tutorial, we are going to see how to turn off location on laptop windows 10. Privacy settings are an important part of your online life and privacy. The default settings of Windows are not always in your favor. Some simple and accessible settings can however make you more protected in your actions on your computer.

Windows 10 uses your location for a wide range of purposes. Some of these include but are not limited to, tracking your device via the Find My Device feature, sharing location data with apps for specific purposes, displaying relevant store information, downloading location-specific updates such as system language and keyboard layout, etc.

Although location-based services are useful for laptops, letting location-based services run in the background is not very useful. In these cases, you can easily stop Windows 10 from tracking your location.
 

 

How to Turn off Location on Laptop Windows 10

Step 1: Click on the Start button at the bottom left of your screen.

 
Step 2: Click on Settings.
 

 
Step 3: Then go to Privacy.
 

 
 
Step 4: This will prevent Windows and its partners from locating you geographically. To do this, go to the Location tab. In the Allow access to location on this device section, click on Change button and then switch off the button. The same goes for the button below.
 

 
That’s All! Now you have turned off the location on laptop on Windows 10.