How to use the privacy dashboard on a Google Pixel (Android 17)

Device

Android

Shown on

Google Pixel 10a, Android 17 (build CP3A.261005.005)

App

Settings

Path

Settings › Security and privacy › Privacy dashboard

Real screenshots

5 of 5 steps

What we did

Looked at each screen; changed nothing

Checked

October 2026

Sources

1 official, linked below

Step by step

1. 

   Open Security and privacy

   Open Settings and tap Security and privacy: App security, device lock, permissions.

   Done

2. 

   Tap Privacy dashboard

   Scroll down to the Privacy heading. Privacy dashboard is the second row, below Privacy controls. Tap it.

   Done

3. 

   Check the past 24 hours

   A ring at the top says Past 24 hours. Below it, ours showed Location: Used by 2 apps, Camera: Used by 1 app, and Microphone: Not used in past 24 hours, in grey.

   Done

4. 

   Tap Location for the timeline

   Tap Location. The Location usage page is a timeline of when apps used your Location in the past 24 hours. Ours listed Pixel Weather seven times between 08:11 and 11:57, and Google at 09:35. A Manage permission button floats at the bottom; we did not tap it.

   Done

5. 

   See other permissions

   Go back to the dashboard. Below Microphone, See other permissions opens the rest of the list. We did not open it. Google says to select a permission to find the apps that used it.

   Done

If you do not see this option

• Looking under Privacy controls? On ours Privacy dashboard is its own row on the Security and privacy page, under the Privacy heading, just below Privacy controls. Google says that if you don't see it, you may need to tap Privacy again. Source: Manage permissions from the privacy dashboard
• Only 24 hours? Google says the dashboard covers the last 7 days on Android 13 and 24 hours on Android 12. Ours, with Android 17, said Past 24 hours. Source: Manage permissions from the privacy dashboard
• Microphone row greyed out? On ours Microphone was grey and said Not used in past 24 hours. Location and Camera, which apps had used, were not.

If this does not work

• Want to stop an app using a permission? Google says to tap the permission, then one of the apps listed, to update it. Or go app by app: change app permissions on a Pixel. Source: Manage permissions from the privacy dashboard
• Want to block the camera for every app? The dashboard only shows use. The Camera access switch is under Privacy controls: turn off camera and microphone access.
• Device may be at risk at the top? Our Security and privacy page showed it, with Set a screen lock, because ours had only a swipe to unlock. It did not stop the dashboard from opening.

About this guide

Google's Android help says the privacy dashboard shows which apps are accessing data, which permissions they use and when. On our Pixel it covered the past 24 hours, and it sat next to Privacy controls, not inside it.

The screenshots are from our Google Pixel 10a with Android 17 (build CP3A.261005.005), in Dark mode. We only looked and changed nothing.

Good to know

Turn location off, or see which apps have it: change location settings on a Pixel. Block the camera or mic for all apps: turn off camera and microphone access.

On a Xiaomi phone the dashboard is there too, but harder to find: open the privacy dashboard on a Xiaomi phone.

In short: Settings, Security and privacy, Privacy dashboard. Tap Location for the timeline of the past 24 hours.