Many websites request a browser to share the user’s real location before they load content. To safeguard your privacy, this guide will teach you how to disable geolocation sharing on your browser.
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Google Chrome:
- Select the Chrome Menu Button (⋮ or ≡)
- Select Settings.
- Scroll down and select Advanced.
- Under Privacy and Security, select Content settings...
- Navigate to the Location section.
- Click the slider for Ask before accessing (Recommended)
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Mozilla Firefox:
- In the URL bar, enter about: config.
- You will see this might void your warranty warning. Click I accept the risk!
- In the search bar, enter geo. enabled.
- Double-click geo. enabled preference so that the value becomes false.
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Microsoft Internet Explorer:
- Select the Gear Icon.
- Select Internet Options.
- Select the Privacy tab.
- Under Location, check the box for Never allow websites to request your physical location.
- Next to the box for Never allow websites to request your physical location, select Clear Sites to remove old sites which have access to your physical location.
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Microsoft Edge:
- On your Windows 10 Desktop, hit Win + A to open Action Center.
- Select All Settings > Privacy > Location.
- Click the Location Service slider to turn it off.
- Scroll down to Location History.
- Under Clear history on this device, click Clear.
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Apple Safari:
- Select Safari in the top left corner of the browser.
- Select Preferences…
- In the Privacy tab, under Website Tracking, make sure Prevent cross-site tracking and Ask websites not to track me are checked.
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Opera:
- In the URL bar, enter about:config
- On the left-side menu bar, select Websites.
- Scroll down to Location and select Do not allow any site to track my physical location.