How to change privacy settings on your Android devices

Android phones have many advantages: some come with amazing cameras, Integrated Google apps and preloaded, and much more. But these smartphones are also at risk from potential threats like hackers or malware. You’ll want to check your apps, prevent sites from tracking you, and more.

Be sure to follow our steps to change your Android privacy settings today.

Settings may vary depending on the manufacturer of your Android phone

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Change Android privacy settings

permissions manager

Apps collect all kinds of data of its users, and sometimes you don’t even realize what you’ve given them permission to watch. You should review each app and the permissions you’ve granted, so apps that don’t need your location don’t have access to it.

1. open your settings
2. Play Privacy
3. Play permissions manager
4. Tap each app one at a time and decide what each app should have “allowed”.

Encrypt your Android phone

If you have an Android device older than 2015, it may not have already come encrypted. This means that your data could be compromised and you will want to turn this setting on manually.

1. open your settings
2. Play Security
3. Play Advanced
4. Play Encryption and Credentials
5. If your phone isn’t already, you’ll see the option to tap encrypt phone (This may take some time)

If you don’t see this option, your phone is probably newer and already encrypted.

Google Chrome Safe Browsing Protection

While Google Chrome is preloaded on many Android devices, it comes with its own security risks. google chrome has your own privacy settings that you can adjust, and some experts even recommend not using Chrome at all for security reasons. But it is a useful and powerful browser, so using Safe Browsing protection could be a great alternative to remove it.

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Safe Browsing helps monitor websites as you browse the Internet and can help identify if you come across an unsafe website, link, or advertisement. You may get a warning like this one, telling you that the website you tried to access is not safe:

1. Open the Google Chrome app on your android
2. Play Plus with the three points
3. Play settings
4. Play Privacy & Security
5. Play Secure browsing
6. You can then choose the level of “Safe Browsing” you want to use: enhanced protection, standard protection (we recommend this, so you can choose whether or not to send information to Google), or no protection

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Activate “Do Not Track”

Android phones allow you to send a request to the websites you visit asking them not to track you while using google chrome. It is important to note that asking them not to request or track your data does not guarantee this, as a website can still choose to track your information. However, it is better than not requesting it, as some websites will accept this request.

1. Open the Google Chrome app on your android
2. Play Plus with the three points
3. Play settings
4. Play Privacy & Security
5. Play do not track
6. Turn on the setting to request that sites don’t track you

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