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 App security.
- Tap Google Play Protect.
- If you have a work account, tap Google Play Protect for work.
- When a new window opens, tap Scan.
Learn more about Google Play Protect.
Device unlock
Set up a new PIN, pattern, password, or fingerprint.
- Open your device's Settings app .
- Tap Security & privacy Device unlock tap an option:
- 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 Account security.
- Tap Google Security Checkup.
- If you have a work account, tap Google Security Checkup for work.
- Review any recommended actions.
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.
Your work policy info
If your tablet is managed by an IT administrator, tap this to check the work policies and data they can access.
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.
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Scan device.