In this post, we’ll tell you how to disable suggested locations in Siri and Spotlight Search on your iPhone or iPad if you don’t find them useful.
Siri and Spotlight Search are way more useful in iOS, with suggestions that update results as you type. In addition to relevant apps and people, proactive suggestions also include nearby places such as restaurants, gas stations, retail stores, and other points of interest.
Should you find place suggestions unappealing and potentially impacting your privacy, you can turn them off with just a few taps.
Disable suggested places in Siri and Spotlight Search
- Open the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad and tap Privacy & Security > Location Services.
- Scroll down and tap System Services at the very bottom.
- Flip the switch next to “Suggestions & Search” (formerly called “Location-Based Suggestions”) to the OFF position.
In addition to nearby places, Siri’s proactive suggestions include relevant apps that you launch at specific times of the day, people you tend to contact at specific times, news, and other items. If these suggestions are annoying to you, see how to disable Siri Suggestions in Spotlight Search on iPhone and iPad.
Extra info: Spotlight Search takes advantage of Apple’s web crawler service, called Applebot, which indexes the web for related content.
Also, check out: How to stop an app’s data from showing in Spotlight Search on iPhone or iPad