Huawei Y6 2019 User Guide - Page 25

Apps and Notifications

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Apps and Notifications Customise App Permissions to Use Your Device Your Way Worried about third-party apps obtaining too many important permissions and disclosing your personal information? You can monitor the permissions of each app and deny unwanted permissions. Disabling a permission may cause an app function to become unavailable. For example, if the location permission for a map app is disabled, the app will be unable to provide you with location and navigation services. Set app permissions: Want to deny unwanted permissions? Open Settings, and go to Apps > Apps, select the app and touch Permissions on the App info screen and then enable or disable the unwanted permissions. Check and modify permissions: Want to check which apps are allowed important permissions? Open Settings and touch Apps > Permissions, select the permission you want to view and touch the switch next to an app to allow or deny the permission for that app. 22

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Apps and Notifications
Customise App Permissions to Use Your Device Your
Way
Worried about third-party apps obtaining too many important permissions and disclosing your
personal information? You can monitor the permissions of each app and deny unwanted permissions.
Disabling a permission may cause an app function to become unavailable. For example, if the
location permission for a map app is disabled, the app will be unable to provide you with location
and navigation services.
Set app permissions
: Want to deny unwanted permissions? Open
Settings
, and go to
Apps
>
Apps
, select the app and touch
Permissions
on the
App info
screen and then enable or disable the
unwanted permissions.
Check and modify permissions
: Want to check which apps are allowed important permissions?
Open
Settings
and touch
Apps
>
Permissions
, select the permission you want to view and
touch the switch next to an app to allow or deny the permission for that app.
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