Learn about how to check and adjust your security and privacy settings on your Pixel Tablet. Access the Privacy dashboard, change your privacy settings, scan your device for issues, update your device, turn on security features, and more.
Settings include:
- How apps access your data
- Access to your camera or microphone
- How passwords are displayed
- Check or clear your location history
- Adjust lock screen notifications and media
Check your security and privacy settings
- Open your device's Settings app
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- Tap Security & privacy.
- Tap the setting you want to check or change.
Tip: If your tablet has a work profile, you might need to specify which profile you want to scan with before you choose a security option.
Security and privacy features
Choose one of the following options:
Scan device
Scan your tablet for issues related to security or privacy.
- Open your device's Settings app
- Tap Security & privacy
Scan device.
App security
Scan the apps on your tablet for security issues.
- Open your device's Settings app
- Tap Security & privacy
- Tap Google Play Protect.
- If you have a work account, tap Google Play Protect for work.
- When a new window opens, tap Scan.
Device unlock
Set up a new PIN, pattern, password, or fingerprint.
- Open your device's Settings app
- Tap Security & privacy
- Screen lock: Set up a PIN, pattern, or password or change your current one.
- Fingerprint Unlock: Set up a new fingerprint, change your current one, or add a new one.
Learn more about how to set up a fingerprint, PIN, pattern and password.
Account security
Perform a security checkup for your Google Account.
- Open your device's Settings app
- Tap Security & privacy
- Tap Google Security Checkup.
- If you have a work account, tap Google Security Checkup for work.
- Review any recommended actions.
Device finders
Turn on the ability to find your Android device if you lose it.
- Open your device's Settings app
- Tap Security & privacy
System and updates
Check for and install Pixel Tablet updates. If no updates are required, you'll get a prompt that your system or device is up to date. If an update is required, you'll be prompted to restart your tablet.
- Open your device's Settings app
- Tap Security & privacy
- Security update: Check for and install any security updates.
- Google Play system update: Check for and install updates for Google Play.
- Backup: Back up your device and manage storage.
Privacy
Adjust your privacy controls to change app permissions or change how apps can access your data:
- Open your device's Settings app
- Tap Security & privacy
- Permission manager: Control how apps on your tablet can access your data.
- Privacy dashboard: Show which apps on your tablet recently used permissions.
- Ads: Manage device data used to show you ads.
- Health connect: Manage app access to health data.
- Controls: Control device access to your microphone, camera, and more.
More security and privacy settings
To check or change additional security and privacy settings:
- Open your device's Settings app
- Tap Security & privacy.
- Under "Other settings", tap More security & privacy.
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More security & privacy
Tap a privacy or security setting to continue. Settings include:
- Notifications on lock screen: Show or hide notifications on your lock screen and choose how much information appears.
- Show media on lock screen: Choose if the media player stays open on your lock screen to quickly resume playback.
- Personalize using app data: Allow apps to send content to the Android system.
- Android System Intelligence: Get suggestions based on the people, apps, and content you interact with.
- Autofill service from Google: Choose if your personal information, like addresses, payment methods, or passwords, are saved to your account.
- Usage & diagnostics: Choose if you want to send usage & diagnostic information to Google.
- Extend unlock: Keep your tablet unlocked when it's with you, at specific places you trust, or near your other connected devices.
- App pinning: Lets you pin an app to your Home screen until you unpin it.