In Win10 1709, how does one set a forbidden application access contact ?, Win101709

In Win10 1709, how does one set a forbidden application access contact ?, Win101709

In Windows 10, many applications may access contacts, which may expose our privacy. How can we Disable Windows 10 applications from accessing our contacts? Let's share with you the method to prohibit it.

On the Windows 10 system desktop, right-click the start button in the lower left corner of the desktop, and select the "Settings" menu item in the pop-up menu.

In this case, the settings window of Windows 10 is displayed, and the "privacy" icon in the window is clicked.

In the open privacy settings window, click the "contacts" menu item in the left sidebar.

In this case, you can see the contact setting details in the right window. If all applications are prohibited from accessing contacts, click the switch and set it to off.

After the "Contact" switch is set to off, all applications cannot access the contact.

If you only want some applications to access contacts, you can turn on the "contacts" switch, click the switch next to the application, and set it to "on. In this way, you can only set the application to be able to access contacts.