Enable or Disable Detect My Location in Weather on Win 10

By Michael | Last Updated August 29, 2025

Want the Weather widget or app to automatically show your current location—or prefer to specify a fixed location manually? Here's how to toggle the "Always detect my location" setting in Windows 10.

Steps to Change Your location in Weather on Win 10:

Step 1: Access Weather from the Start Menu.

Step 2: Click the Settings option on the left menu.

Under Location settings, you'll find these options:

• Always detect my location — uses Windows location data for dynamic updates.
• Default location — allows you to manually set a city or place to display.

You can toggle Always detect my location on to enable auto-detection.

If you want to change the launch location, choose Default location to enter a specific place and rely on that consistently.

What If Weather Cannot Detect Your Location

If auto-detection is enabled, but the weather fails to show your location. What to do? You need to make sure location services are turned on.

Step 1: Press Win + I and then click Privacy. After that, hit the Location in the sidebar.

Step 2: Under Allow apps to access your location (or Location services in some older version), toggle it On (administrator rights required).

Step 3: Scroll down to Choose which apps can access your precise location, ensure Weather is allowed.

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