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OnePlus: Turn Location Sharing On or Off in Chrome

If Chrome keeps popping up a location prompt every time you search for something nearby, or local search results suddenly disappear, the Share location setting in the browser app is behind it. This toggle controls whether any website can even ask for your GPS position, separate from the app-level location permissions you manage elsewhere on your OnePlus phone. Turning it off silences every future request, but it also breaks maps, delivery tracking, and store-locator pages that rely on your position.

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VersionAndroid 10 · Oxygenos 10

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Enable or Disable Share Location in the Browser App auf OnePlus

The Share location setting inside Chrome decides whether any website is even allowed to request your GPS position. It sits separately from the location permission you grant to the browser app itself in your phone's app settings.

If this toggle is off, every site request gets blocked automatically, and you never see the usual prompt asking for permission. That explains why search results near you, map embeds, or delivery-tracking pages suddenly stop working even though location services are on for the rest of the phone.

To check or change it, open Open the Chrome appOpen the menuOpen the SettingsTap on Site settingsTap on LocationEnable or disable Location.

Leave it enabled if you regularly rely on location-aware search, weather, or shopping sites and want to approve requests case by case. Disable it only if you want a hard block on all location requests from the browser, for example on a shared or borrowed device.

Keep in mind this setting only affects the browser app. Other apps that use your location, such as navigation or delivery apps, have their own permission controls and are not touched by this toggle.

Frequently asked questions

If Location under Site settings is switched off, Chrome blocks every location request automatically and never shows the prompt again. Turn it back on to see the request pop-up per site.

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