Block Internet access of an app: How and why to do it

The permissions that applications ask for work in Android are a topic that is of concern to users in Spain. There are occasions in which certain permissions are not quite understand or see it as something potentially dangerous. One of them is that an app requests access to the Internet. There may be some application on the phone that you prefer do not have such access.

Review what applications on the phone have access to the Internet is goodbecause that is something that many times we don’t pay attention, but that we should bear in mind. Therefore, there may be some application which should have the. We show you how to remove it and why it might be necessary in some cases.

Permissions in Android: all you need to know to manage them

What are the permissions of the applications in Android, what purpose they serve, and do we have to take into account for good management of the same on the phone.

Does it mean the permission to access the Internet

The that a game or app has permission to access the Internet can lead to go to run in the backgroundwithout that many times we know that it is in operation. This is going to cause you to consume mobile data, without really, we are using the application. In addition, it is also a consumption of battery in the phone, although luckily, we can limit the operation in the background, so you don’t eat.

You can also issue notifications while you have this permission. Since it is usual that when a game or app has this access to go to send notifications with a certain frequency, such as news about some game, in addition to offers or promotions. In many cases they are ads that don’t interest us really, so that is something that can be annoying.

It is for this reason that there are apps or game that may abuse this access to the Internet. That is why it is probably worthwhile to see which of these applications in Android are abusing the same, for if we wish to limit it in some cases, or block it completely. Especially to avoid to consume data and battery unnecessarily when the app is not running.

How to prevent applications on Android share your data

If you want to control and prevent applications on Android share your personal data, there are several aspects that you should consider.

How to avoid the use of data

In Android can we block Internet access of an application, although in many cases, if we do this, the application may be affected. Block access completely may not be appropriate for both. What you can do in this regard this is to limit the data usage of that app or game.

This is going to reduce at least many of the problems that we have with the app. This is something that from the phone settings it will be possible to perform. To block the Internet access completely, we can resort to third-party applications that allow this. The options that we have are:

Android settings

In the settings of our Android phone we can limit access to the mobile data of any application on the phone. This will allow the use of data is less, in addition to the battery consumption generated by the application in the background. Will settle matters in this way a large part of the problems. The steps to follow are:

1. Opens the Settings.
2. Enters Applications.
3. Search in the list the app or game in question.
4. Enter in that app.
5. Go to the section on Use of data.
6. Select the check box for Use of restricted data.
7. In some layers of customization you can disable the use of data in the background.

Third-party applications

If we really want to completely block access to Internet of this app, we may use third-party applications, they are going to do this. Because in the settings of the system does not have such a possibility, the use of applications such as a firewall is presented as a good alternative.

NetGuard is a good app for this, which gives us various options and tools with which to be able to block access to the Internet an app on your phone. There are basic tools, in addition to some more advanced, so that each user will be able to create your own configuration in this case. Simply search for the app in question in the list and you can take that access to the network. Is an app similar to another of which we have already spoken a few months ago.

This application is free to download on Android. In its interior there are purchases, to have access to some of its advanced features, but the free version already allows you to limit and/or block the Access to the Internet, which is exactly what we were looking for with this application.

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