How To Stop Websites From Asking Your Location


       Allowing location tracking services to some third party websites is the most creepy thing everyone faced daily while browsing through the internet.Sometimes giving access to our location tracking is being misused by the websites for advertisement or any unethical matters.So for our safety we always need to be protected or need to be anonymous about our details.So for that we always need to disagree with the live location tracking permissions.


      Now you can stop websites from asking for your location and can stop this third-party tracking on your PC by using the simple and easy guides that i am going to discussed right below.Well the methods differs for different browsers.

  • Chrome:-
            1. Go to the Settings inside the browser and under the preferences page check for the                              advanced settings option.
            2. Click on this option and select Privacy and safety and click on the Content settings                            below privacy section.

            3. Look for the Location settings option or the section under the content setting and select it.
            4. Now simply select "Do Not Allow Any Site to track your Physical Location" option or just                  turn off or block ask before accessing option. That's all.

  • Firefox:-
           1. Type in the address field of the Firefox this simple keyword: about:config and then hit                         enter. (this is a shortcut to the about screen of Mozilla Firefox)
           2. From the appearing page,it links you can be able to set the preferences for the location                         tracking.
           3. Accept the prompt that would appear on your screen after you reach the link page.
           4. Double click on the "Geo enabled" option on the page and the Firefox will stop every site                     to track the location or ask for it.


  • Internet Explorer:-
           1. Click the tools option from the menu bar.
           2. Then click on the Privacy tab.
           3. Check mark the Never allow websites to request your physical location option. That's all.

  • Safari:-
          1. Go to the Privacy settings.
          2. Then set the websites Use of Location services to Deny without prompting.That's all.



      We hope this article was helpful for you and please share this knowledge with your friends or others to get safe from any cyber attacks or hacks.