Location permission

1

Open the Settings App.

Go to Accounts.

Select Access Work or School, is there is a work or school Email listed there?

If there is any work or school account listed there, select it and choose Disconnect, then restart your PC to apply the change.

2

If there is no work or school account listed there.

Click your Start Button, then just type cmd

On the resulting list, right click Command Prompt and select 'run as Administrator'

Paste each of these commands into Command one at a time and press Enter, wait for each command to complete, before running the next command, if you receive an error on any command, ignore that and continue to the next command.

reg delete "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies" /f

reg delete "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\WindowsSelfHost" /f

reg delete "HKLM\Software\Policies" /f

reg delete "HKLM\Software\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Policies" /f

reg delete "HKLM\Software\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies" /f

reg delete "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies" /f

reg delete "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\WindowsSelfHost" /f

reg delete "HKCU\Software\Policies" /f

reg delete "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Policies" /f

Then, close Command Prompt and restart (not shut down) your PC.

Location permissions in Windows 10 are controlled entirely by the Location settings and any policies or tools that manage privacy on the device. An update by itself does not permanently remove the ability to change location; instead, one of the following is typically happening:

1. Location services are turned off at the device level

• When Location services are turned off, Windows and apps cannot access device location and the per-user toggle ("Let apps access your location") is effectively disabled.
• To re-enable:
  1. Select Start > Settings > Privacy & security > Location.
  2. If signed in as an administrator, turn Location services back On for the device.
  3. Then use Let apps access your location to control access for the user account and individual apps.

2. Admin or policy is controlling the setting

• If "Location services is off" appears and the toggle cannot be changed, it means the device-level setting is off or managed by an administrator/policy. Non-admin accounts will not see the device-level control.
• In that case, sign in with an administrator account and change the device-level Location services setting as above.

3. Third-party privacy tools disabling location

• Some privacy/telemetry tools (for example, tools similar to SpyBot AntiBeacon) can force location off and re-apply that setting after each restart, which makes the Location toggle appear greyed out and revert after changes.
• If such a tool is installed, open it and disable any options that block or spoof location, sensors, or telemetry, then restart the PC and re-check Settings > Privacy & security > Location.

Once Location services is on, apps can again use location according to the per-app permissions, and features that rely on location (including those tied to a Microsoft account) will function as before.

References:

• Windows location service and privacy
• App permissions
• Location Services greyed out - Microsoft Q&A