To disable location services for all apps and features on your Windows 11 PC, launch Settings by pressing Windows+i. In the left sidebar, choose “Privacy & Security”. On the right pane, in the App Permissions section, select “Location”.

On the Location screen, at the top, turn off the “Location Services” toggle. This disables location tracking on your PC.

All other options on the screen will be grayed out, indicating you can’t enable or disable them. In the future, to turn location services back on, simply turn on the “Location Services” toggle.

If you want to prevent specific apps from tracking your location, you can disable location services for those apps. To do that, open Settings using Windows+i. From the left sidebar, select “Privacy & Security.” On the right pane, choose “Location.”

On the Location screen, click “Let Apps Access Your Location”. In the expanded section, turn off the toggle next to the app you want to disable location services for. Do this for all the apps you want.

The selected apps won’t have access to your location data. In the future, to allow these apps to regain access to your location data, turn on their toggles.

If you want to temporarily and quickly turn off location services,enable Windows’s 11 airplane mode. This mode turns off location services, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth on your PC. You can then turn these features back on with a single click.

To do that, open Action Center by pressing Windows+A. In the open panel, click the “Airplane Mode” option. The mode is now enabled.

To turn off the mode, click the same “Airplane Mode” tile.

How to Prevent Location Tracking in Edge, Chrome, and Firefox

If you don’t want websites to access your location data, you can turn off location service in your Microsoft Edge, Chrome or  Mozilla Firefox web browser. You don’t have to disable location services entirely on your PC to prevent sites from using your location data.

Launch Edge, select the three dots in the top-right corner, and choose “Settings.” From the left sidebar, select “Cookies and Site Permissions.” On the right pane, choose All Permissions > Location.

On the open screen, turn off “Ask Before Accessing (Recommended)” toggle. This blocks all location tracking requests by sites in Edge.

Google Chrome

Open Chrome, select the three dots in the top-right corner, and choose “Settings.” From the left sidebar, select “Privacy and Security.” On the right pane, choose Site Settings > Location.

Enable the “Don’t Allow Sites to See Your Location” option. If you want to disable location services for specific sites, use the “Customized Behaviors” section on the same screen.

Mozilla Firefox

Access Firefox, select the hamburger menu (three horizontal lines) in the top-right corner, and choose “Settings.” From the left sidebar, select “Privacy & Security”. On the right pane, scroll down to the Permissions section. Next to Location, click “Settings”.

On the open window, at the bottom, turn on “Block New Requests Asking to Access Your Location”. Then, click “Save Changes”.

If you had location services enabled before, Windows 11 might have stored your location data. You can clear this location history to ensure no traces of your location are left.

To do that, open Settings using Windows+i. From the left sidebar, choose “Privacy & Security”. On the right pane, select “Location”. In the Location History section, click “Clear”.

Beside the Clear button, you’ll see a checkmark icon. This indicates your saved location data was successfully wiped.