Over the past few years, Android updates have primarily been focused 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. One notable improvement has been on Android’s app permissions and today, we will be taking a look at how you can change app permissions on Android.
You can either change the permission from an app’s settings page or use Android permission manager to efficiently manage permissions. Read on till the end to know how you can modify permissions using both of these methods. Without further delay, let’s get started.
- What Is App Permission and Why Does It Matter?
- List of App Permissions on Android
- Change App Permissions for Individual Apps
- Change App Permissions by Category
What Is App Permission and Why Does It Matter?
As the name suggests, app permission settings is a mechanism that lets users grant or revoke permissions necessary for apps to access various data and hardware of your Android phone. Through Android’s permissions manager, you have granular controls to decide if an app should have permission to access sensitive information on your phone. Hence, if you notice that an app is demanding permissions for accessing data that isn’t necessarily relevant to the purpose of the app, you can easily deny or revoke the permission.
For Android phones running Marshmallow (6.0) and above, the following are the standard permissions:
Change App Permissions for Individual Apps
- When you install a new app, it requests permission from you. If you’re looking for a way to adjust the app permission of a specific app after granting the permission, you can do that from the app’s settings page. Open Settings, and tap on Apps & notifications. Based on your device’s custom skin, you’ll find the option to open the app list on this page. In this case, the option to expand the app list is by tapping ‘See all 287 apps.’
Change App Permissions by Category
Android offers the flexibility to let users toggle app permissions based on categories. In other words, you can see a list of apps using the same permission and choose to accept or revoke it. You can access this permission manager from Settings -> Apps & notifications -> App permissions.
Adjust App Permissions for Better Privacy
So, that’s how you can tweak app permissions to ensure that apps don’t have unnecessary permissions on your Android phone. If you found this article helpful, our guides on disabling spam notifications, Google Assistant settings you should change, and removing MIUI 11 ads, bloatware, and push notifications won’t disappoint you.
