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How to Spoof Your Location on

Android
JOE FEDEWA

  @TALLSHMO
UPDATED NOV 8, 2022, 3:15 PM EST | 1 MIN READ
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Install a third-party app --- like Fake GPS Location --- from the Google Play Store to spoof
your location. To activate the app, go to Settings > About Phone, and tap "Build Number"
until "You are Now a Developer" appears. Open Developer Options, pick "Select Mock
Location App," and select "Fake GPS" from the list to fake your phone's location.

It should be no surprise that your Android phone knows your location. There are times
when you may not want your phone—or other people—to track you. We’ll show you how
to easily fake your location and set your location to anywhere.
Of course, if you simply don’t want to be tracked, you can turn off sensors completely.
“Spoofing” your location will allow you to trick any apps that use your location into
thinking you’re somewhere you’re not. People have used this to cheat in location-based
games, but there are plenty of other reasons to do it.

RELATED: How to Turn Off All Your Android Phone's Sensors in One Tap

We’ll be using an Android app called “Fake GPS Location.” Download the app from the
Google Play Store to get started.

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In order to use this app, we’ll need to set it as the “Mock Location” provider. To do that,
we need to enable Developer Options on your phone. Go to Settings > About Phone and
tap “Build Number” repeatedly until a message says “You are now a developer!”
After that, go to Settings > System > Developer Options or Settings > Developer Options
on Samsung devices.

Scroll all the way down to “Select Mock Location App.”

Select “Fake GPS” from the list.

Now we can open the Fake GPS app. You’ll first be asked to grant it permission to
access your Files and Media. You can toggle this off and tap “Continue.” A message will
tell you the app has been designed for an older version of Android, but it still works fine.

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We’re ready to spoof your location! Simply use your finger to move the pin to any
location on the map and tap the start button in the bottom right corner.
The app will close and your location is now being spoofed. You can test this by opening
a maps app. To stop spoofing, swipe down from the top of the screen and tap “Pause”
on the Fake GPS notification.

That’s it! This is a surprisingly simple and effective little trick. Location on Android
devices is complex and messy sometimes. This is one way you can take it into your
control.
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JOE FEDEWA
Joe Fedewa is a Staff Writer at How-To Geek. He has been covering consumer technology
for over a decade and previously worked as Managing Editor at XDA-Developers. Joe loves
all things technology and is also an avid DIYer at heart. He has written thousands of articles,
hundreds of tutorials, and dozens of reviews. READ FULL BIO »

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