The right settings, screen by screen
Five devices and services, 39 settings, the exact path for each. No “go to your privacy settings”: the name of every screen, in the order you tap it, and what the setting actually changes.
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Doing all of it takes 85 miniPhone: the settings that actually matterEleven settings, in the order I would do them. Each with the exact path, what it changes, and why it is worth it. Twenty minutes in all, less if you have already done half.11 settings · 20 minAndroid: the settings that actually matterPaths vary a little by brand: Samsung, Xiaomi and Google do not file everything in the same place. The name of the setting does not change. When in doubt, type it into the search box at the top of Settings.8 settings · 20 minGoogle account: the big clean-upYour Google account knows where you went, what you searched and what you watched, sometimes for ten years. Here is what to turn off, what to erase, and in what order. Everything happens on myaccount.google.com.6 settings · 25 minInstagram: locking down an account, yours or a teenager’sTwelve minutes, eight settings. They apply to your account and to your child’s, and in the second case do them together rather than behind their back: a setting made in secret is bypassed within the week.8 settings · 12 minWhatsApp: what strangers can seeWhatsApp encrypts the content of your messages, and that is good. But by default your photo, status and details are visible to anyone with your number. Eight minutes to close that.6 settings · 8 min
In what order
If you only do one, do the phone: it is the device that follows you everywhere and holds the rest. The Google account comes right after, because it is the one that resets all your other accounts.
Why there are no screenshots
A screenshot ages badly: it is right for six months, then an update moves the menu and it lies. A written path is fixed in one line. The labels below are checked against the current French version of each system, and if a menu moves at Apple or Google, I correct the card.