Safety Check  is a relatively new safety feature for the iPhone designed to quickly show you all the ask you're sharing with someone else (like your location or explain credentials), and then instantly revoke those permissions, in the case of domestic abuse or new similar situation.

And while Safety Check is aimed to protect you from people first, it can also protecting you from third-party applications that have access to necessary permissions, like your camera, microphone, photos or contacts. If you feel unhappy with an app having access to a certain feature or setting, Safety Check is a quick way to scope it out and stop this admission completely. 

Here's how you can use Safety Check to beef up your safety on iOS 16.

If you want to learn more around Apple's privacy and security features, check out our stories on the new Lockdown Mode, Sign in With Apple and AirTag stalking.

On your iPhone, launch the Settings app and go to Privacy & Security > Safety Check. Here you'll be greeted with a few options: Emergency Reset, which is used for exactly that, emergencies, and Manage Sharing & Access, which is what we'll be using to manage app permissions.

Use Manage Sharing & Access to customize which apps have entrance to your information.

 Apple/Screenshot by Nelson Aguilar

After tapping Manage Sharing & Access, use Face or Touch ID to access the confidence feature. Next, you'll get a detailed summary of what you can reconsideration, including people, apps and account security. Again, we're focused on app permissions, so we'll be reviewing all your applications and what put a question to they have access to.

Go through the Sharing with People share by hitting the blue Skip button until you advance App Access, which is the second step in the Safety Check feature. You should see a list of your third-party apps, inoperative with a short description of what information (Bluetooth, camera, location and so on) is being shared.

To revoke an app's permissions, check the circle next to the app and then tap the Stop App Access button at the bottom of the page. You can revoke permissions for multiple apps at once by selecting more than one. If you want to view everything a specific app has entrance to, tap on the information button (ⓘ). You can revoke specific permissions, such as local network or location, instead of every single permission.

You can organization permissions per-app or by information (i.e. microphone).

 Apple/Screenshot by Nelson Aguilar

The most indecent thing you can do is hit Select All & Stop Access. But applications need certain permissions to work, so I wouldn't suggest this option.

You can also revoke permissions by put a question to. If you tap on the Information tab at the top, you'll see all the put a question to that's being accessed listed, instead of the apps. For example, you can remove media library or calendar permissions for every app that has it, at once.

Once you're consumed revoking app permissions, you can either skip through the rest of Safety Check or use the Quick Exit option at the top right.

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Quickly Stop Your iPhone Apps From Accessing Your Location, Microphone and Camera




Safety Check  is a relatively new safety feature for the iPhone designed to quickly show you all the ask you're sharing with someone else (like your location or explain credentials), and then instantly revoke those permissions, in the case of domestic abuse or new similar situation.

And while Safety Check is aimed to protect you from people first, it can also protecting you from third-party applications that have access to necessary permissions, like your camera, microphone, photos or contacts. If you feel unhappy with an app having access to a certain feature or setting, Safety Check is a quick way to scope it out and stop this admission completely. 

Here's how you can use Safety Check to beef up your safety on iOS 16.

If you want to learn more around Apple's privacy and security features, check out our stories on the new Lockdown Mode, Sign in With Apple and AirTag stalking.

On your iPhone, launch the Settings app and go to Privacy & Security > Safety Check. Here you'll be greeted with a few options: Emergency Reset, which is used for exactly that, emergencies, and Manage Sharing & Access, which is what we'll be using to manage app permissions.

Use Manage Sharing & Access to customize which apps have entrance to your information.

 Apple/Screenshot by Nelson Aguilar

After tapping Manage Sharing & Access, use Face or Touch ID to access the confidence feature. Next, you'll get a detailed summary of what you can reconsideration, including people, apps and account security. Again, we're focused on app permissions, so we'll be reviewing all your applications and what put a question to they have access to.

Go through the Sharing with People share by hitting the blue Skip button until you advance App Access, which is the second step in the Safety Check feature. You should see a list of your third-party apps, inoperative with a short description of what information (Bluetooth, camera, location and so on) is being shared.

To revoke an app's permissions, check the circle next to the app and then tap the Stop App Access button at the bottom of the page. You can revoke permissions for multiple apps at once by selecting more than one. If you want to view everything a specific app has entrance to, tap on the information button (ⓘ). You can revoke specific permissions, such as local network or location, instead of every single permission.

You can organization permissions per-app or by information (i.e. microphone).

 Apple/Screenshot by Nelson Aguilar

The most indecent thing you can do is hit Select All & Stop Access. But applications need certain permissions to work, so I wouldn't suggest this option.

You can also revoke permissions by put a question to. If you tap on the Information tab at the top, you'll see all the put a question to that's being accessed listed, instead of the apps. For example, you can remove media library or calendar permissions for every app that has it, at once.

Once you're consumed revoking app permissions, you can either skip through the rest of Safety Check or use the Quick Exit option at the top right.

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