For the past few years, Android updates have focused primarily on improving the privacy of the operating system. With recent Android versions, Google has given users more control over how apps can access data and use various features on Android devices. There has been a notable improvement in Android’s app permissions, and today we’re going to take a look at how you can change app permissions on Android.
Change App Permissions on Android
You can change the permission from an app’s settings page or use the Android permission manager to manage permissions efficiently. Read until the end to learn how you can change permissions using both of these methods. Without further delay, let’s get started.
What is App Permission and Why Is It Important?
As the name suggests, app permission settings are a mechanism that allows users to grant or revoke necessary permissions for applications to access various data and hardware Through your Android phone’s Android’s permission manager, you have granular controls to decide whether an app should be allowed to access sensitive information on your phone. So, if you find that an app is requesting permissions to access data that is not necessarily related to the purpose of the app, you can easily deny or revoke the permission.
List of App Permissions on Android
Here are the standard permissions for Android phones running Marshmallow (6.0) and higher:
- body sensors
- Calendar
- call logs
- Camera
- Persons
- Location
- Microphone
- Phone
- physical activity
- SMS
- to store
Change App Permissions for Individual Apps
1. When you install a new application, it asks for your permission. If you are looking for a way to set the app permission for a particular app after giving permission, you can do that from the app’s settings page. Open Tap on Settings and Apps & notifications.. Depending on the specific view of your device, on this page you will find the option to open the application list. In this case, the option to expand the app list is to tap ‘see all 287 apps’.
2nd. Select the app that requires app permission adjustments Select it from the application list and tap on it to access the settings page. From this page, Press ‘Permissions’ to manage permissions. You will now see the allowed and denied permissions of the app.
3. If you see unnecessary permissions here, all you have to do is tap on it and choose Deny.. On the other hand, if you want to grant additional permissions for the app to work as intended, you can tap on any of the denied permissions and select ‘Allow’.
Change App Permissions by Category
Android offers the flexibility to let users change app permissions based on categories. In other words, you can see a list of apps that use the same permission and choose to accept or cancel. You can access this permission manager from: Settings -> Apps & notifications -> App permissions.
Choose one of the permission categories To see the list of apps that have access From this page, you can easily change the permissions of apps by category. You can follow the same steps to check app permissions in all categories. To be on the safer side, You should definitely check the apps that have access to camera, location, contacts, SMS and microphone..
If you are using a phone running on Android 10, you can choose to grant location permission only while using the app. Takes this to the next level with Android 11 Introducing one-time permits for location, microphone and camera. On a similar note, you can configure: Automatically remove permissions from unused apps on your Android 11 device by toggling the ‘Remove permissions if app is not in use’ toggle On the Permissions page.
Adjust App Permissions for Better Privacy
So this is how you can change app permissions to make sure apps don’t have unnecessary permissions on your Android phone. If you found this article helpful, our guides on disabling spam notifications, the Google Assistant settings you need to change, and removing MIUI 11 ads, bloatware and push notifications won’t disappoint.
