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When an app is granted permission for a function on your phone, it can do so whenever it wants. So deciding which permissions to grant to specific apps is a task you should manage regularly because there is a lot of sensitive information on the phone that apps can collect or steal. In this article, Mytour will introduce ways to grant permissions for Android apps, edit permissions, and manage Permissions so you can easily manage app permissions on your phone.
Guide to viewing and editing app access permissions on Android
Granting Permissions for Android Apps, Editing Permissions, Managing Permission
IMPORTANT NOTE: Depending on the application, you can flexibly manage the permissions that the application needs to perform legitimate tasks.
For example: Google Maps clearly cannot perform the navigation function if you deny access to the application's location. Similarly, a messaging app may need access to your camera to take and send photos. However, a free sudoku game has no legitimate reason to request access to your camera or microphone.
1. How to grant, edit, and manage permissions for a specific Android app
Step 1: Open Settings (Configuration) on your phone.
Step 2: Scroll down and select the Apps (Applications) tab and click on See All Apps to view a list of all apps on your Android phone.
Step 3: Select a specific app, then tap on Permissions to view the permissions that app is accessing.
Step 4: Tap on the permission you want to manage and choose Don't allow to block the permission, Ask every time for the app to notify when it wants to use the permission, or Allow only while using the app to allow the app to use the permission only when it's open.
2. Managing and Editing a Specific Android Permission
Step 1: Open Settings on your phone and scroll down, then tap on the Privacy tab.
Step 2: Tap on Permission manager.
Step 3: Here, you can choose a specific permission to edit. Tap on the permission and select an app to grant (Allow) or block (Don't allow) the permission for that Android app.
3. How to Grant Permissions to New Android Apps
Before installation, you can check the permissions that the app requests on the Google Play Store page. Click on About for the app to see more description, then scroll down and click on the See More link next to App permissions. Here, you will see a list of permission groups and specific permissions that the app may request.
For apps designed for modern Android versions, you don't need to grant any permissions during installation. Instead, the app will request these permissions when needed. Here, you can choose to agree to grant permissions or not based on your decision.
So Mytour has introduced you to how to grant permissions for Android apps, edit permissions, manage Permissions quickly and easily with detailed steps. For devices running iOS, checking and managing app access permissions is also necessary to limit certain access to personal data. You can refer to how to grant permissions for iOS apps, edit permissions, manage iPhone, iPad Permissions to track how it's done. Best of luck with your implementation.
