How to turn off Contacts access?

On iPhone, when I do Settings > Privacy > App Privacy Report, I notice that a number of Apple apps, such as the Podcast app, have access to my Contacts. How do I turn off this access?

iPhone XS

Posted on Jul 22, 2022 3:45 AM

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leroydouglas

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Jul 22, 2022 4:40 AM in response to PommePourMoi

PommePourMoi wrote:

On iPhone, when I do Settings > Privacy > App Privacy Report, I notice that a number of Apple apps, such as the Podcast app, have access to my Contacts. How do I turn off this access?

https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/055710f3-a807-45b6-a0bb-1a57f7071c51

Control access to information in apps on iPhone - Apple Support

PommePourMoi Author

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Jul 22, 2022 4:54 AM in response to leroydouglas

Thanks, but I don't see anything here that allows me to turn off the Podcast app's access to my Contacts data. Am I missing something?

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