Let Apps Use Location in Windows 10

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    The first thing that we need to do is make sure that we have enabled our location services
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    There is another VisiHow tutorial on how to do so.
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    Now that we have enabled location services, we need to click the lower-left corner of the screen to open the start menu
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    Then, we click "Settings"
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    When the "SETTINGS" menu opens, we need to scroll down
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    We click "Privacy"
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    In "PRIVACY", we need to click "Location"
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    We need to enable location services for applications
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    We do it by clicking the "Off" toggle under "Location" on the right side of the screen. We will turn it on.
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    Then, we need to scroll down and enable or disable the specific applications
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    For example, if we want Microsoft Edge to use our location, we need to turn its toggle on.
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    If we don't want Mail and Calendar to use our location, we need to leave its toggle turned off
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    We set this according to our preference, and then we can close this window
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Recent edits by: VisiHow, Lukward Thomason

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