To help protect your privacy, your iPhone uses a unique private network address, called a media access control (MAC) address, on each Wi-Fi network it joins.
If a network can’t use a private address, like to provide parental controls or to identify your iPhone as authorized to join, you can stop using one for that network. Keeping a private address on helps limit how your iPhone is tracked across different Wi-Fi networks, though.
Turn a private address off for a network
- Open Settings and tap Wi-Fi. Then tap the Settings button for a network.
- Turn Private Address off.
Important: For better privacy, leave Private Address turned on for all networks that support it. Using a private address helps reduce tracking of your iPhone across different Wi-Fi networks.
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