How to Disable COVID-19 Tracking on iOS

Ockom
Mac O’Clock
Published in
2 min readMay 26, 2020

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Get the latest update from Apple? Worried you’re getting tracked thanks to their new API?

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/exposurenotification/

Well, it comes disabled to begin with, but you might want to always make sure.

Step 1

Navigate to Settings and click on `Privacy`:

Step 2 & 2.5

Ensure you always have Location Services disabled. Unless you have to use maps or something (buy one at the gas station). Then click on Bluetooth.

Step 3

Click on COVID-19 Exposure Logging, which should by default be off.

Step 4

Ensure you have no apps here an everything is off. Clear your exposure logs if there are any.

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