Its end of the month and I’m scrambling to pull together my mileage details. I knew I had been out to a particular office at least 2 times, but I thought it had been more and I needed to appropriately account for the days I was in that office. As I sat there fretting about how I would come up with it (I forgot to calendar all my days), I remembered something I learned several years ago. It should be no surprise in this age of information overload, but your iPhone is tracking you pretty much wherever you go. No I’m not talking about a particular app, there are those too, I’m talking about your iPhone location tracker.
So here’s how you can find where you’ve been and how you can turn it off, if the tracking is a little too creepy for you.
- Click on Settings on your iPhone
- Scroll to Privacy Settings and select
- Select Location Services
- Scroll to the bottom and select System Services
- Click on Significant Locations
- Drill into the city and state to see the address or area your phone recognized you were
And there you have it, your last 90+ days of locations all in one little package.
To turn off, click the Toggle Button on the Significant Locations, but beware… this will turn off the tracking on your Mail, Photos, Calendar and more (according to the disclaimer).
Or you can leave it on and use it for future mileage, travel, and other reference. Your choice.
