Turning off Location Information on Specific Devices

• How do I turn off location services on my Kindle Fire*, Kindle Fire HD, Kindle Fire HD 8.9, and Kindle Fire HD 8.9 4G LTE?
• How do I turn off location services on my Android phone?
• How do I turn off location services on my iPhone?
• How do I turn off location services on my Windows phone?

How do I turn off location services on my Kindle Fire*, Kindle Fire HD, Kindle Fire HD 8.9, and Kindle Fire HD 8.9 4G LTE?

Screenshots from a Kindle Fire HD

Select the Location-based Services choice in the Settings menu. Your Kindle device will allow you to turn off Location-based Services if you select Off.

* Not applicable to Kindle Fire (1st Generation)

How do I turn off location services on my Android phone?

Screenshots from a phone with an Android 2.3 OS

Screenshots from a phone with an Android 4.0 OS

Select the Location choice from the settings menu. Most Android devices will allow you to turn off location services for your entire phone, such as GPS services and other companies' location services. Generally, by leaving a box unchecked, the location service is turned off.

How do I turn off location services on my iPhone?

Screenshots from an iPhone 4S (iOS5)

Screenshot from an iPhone (iOS4)

During the activation process for the iPhone 4S, you may choose Disable Location Services.

At any time, for all iPhone models, choose Settings › Location Services. To turn off Location Services for your entire phone, toggle the slider at the top of the screen to OFF. To turn off Location Services on an app by app basis, toggle the slider next to the name of each app to OFF.

How do I turn off location services on my Windows phone?

You can disable all access to location information by applications and collection of location information by the Windows Phone location service at any time by going to Settings › Location and toggling the location switch to OFF.