How to stop apps from asking to track you on an iPad

2 min read · 5 steps · Updated 4 October 2026

Device

iPad

Shown on

iPadOS 26.5 (iPad A16)

App

Settings

Path

Settings › Privacy & Security › Tracking

Real screenshots

4 of 5 steps

Checked

October 2026

Sources

1 official, linked below

Every app must ask before it tracks you or your iPad across apps and websites owned by other companies, for advertising or to share your data with data brokers. One switch answers that question with no for all apps at once.

The screenshots show iPadOS 26.5 on an iPad (A16), held upright. In landscape the same rows sit in the same order.

Step by step

1. 

   Open Settings

   Tap the grey gear icon on the Home Screen. In the picture it is in the second row; it also sits in the Dock at the bottom.

   Done

2. 

   Tap Privacy & Security

   It is in the list on the left, below Passcode.

   Done

3. 

   Tap Tracking

   It is the second row on the right. The number at the right counts the apps that have asked so far; in the picture it is 0.

   Done

4. 

   Switch off Allow Apps to Request to Track

   The text below the switch says it: when this is off, all new app tracking requests are automatically denied.

   Done

5. Check apps that asked earlier

   Apps that already asked are listed below the switch, each with its own switch. Turn off the ones you allowed in the past.

   Done

Good to know

To read more about app tracking, tap Learn more below the switch.

In short: Settings, Privacy & Security, Tracking, Allow Apps to Request to Track off.