If you want the icon to go away, you can disable location access entirely, control which applications have access to your location or even hide the notification bar so it doesn’t appear again and again. Applications such as Maps use your location to discover your physical location. It will access your location and show it on the map. Even if you open the weather app, it accesses your location and displays weather according to your area.
Solution 1: Disabling Location using Action Bar
Windows 10 introduced an Action Center where you can find your application notifications as well as different tools to help you access quick settings on your computer. The action center also pertains all the past notifications until you clear them manually. This is very useful if you missed some notification and want to revisit it later on. We can also disable the location using the action center.
Solution 2: Turn location on or off for this device
You can also change the location of your device using the Settings. You need to be logged in as administrator to perform this function. If you (as an administrator) disable the location settings, all other users will also have their location disabled until you enable it again. However, if you enable it, the other users can either enable or disable their location from their accounts.
Solution 3: Turn location on or off for your account
If your administrator has already enabled the location of this device, you turn it on or off accordingly. Do note that these changes will be implemented to your user account only. The other accounts will have their settings different from yours.
Solution 4: Change location access of different applications
You can also change location access of different applications using the settings. This method is particularly useful if you want to restrict the location access of a specific application while granting access to all the other ones.
Do note that other applications such as your internet browser can still provide your location information to websites who request it. You have to manually disable these settings by opening Privacy on your browsers and unchecking the access location.
Solution 5: Changing location of your account using Registry
You can also execute method 3 directly using a registry file. Registry files make changes to your registry enabling the setting to be turned off in the machine’s protocols. This is a very effective method if you want to avoid the technicalities and details while turning off the location for your account. Do note that similar to method 3, this solution will work if your administrator has enabled the location of your device. If the location is disabled as of method 2, you won’t be able to change it. You can also enable the location of your account using this method.
Solution 6: Turning the location on or off for this Device
You can also carry out solution 2 using registry files. This method is particularly useful if you don’t want to indulge in additional menus and want the task to be completed using a single click. Do note that you need to be logged in as an administrator to execute the command. If you (as an administrator) disable the location settings, all other users will also have their location disabled until you enable it again. However, if you enable it, the other users can either enable or disable their location from their accounts. You can also disable the location of this device using the registry editor as well.
Solution 7: Disabling the Location Notification
If you don’t want to make any changes to your current location settings but don’t want to see the notification, you can easily disable it. This means that your location will still be accessed but you won’t be notified about it.
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