# Review leftover access

Permission is not a one-time choice. It expires when the job does.

Privacy settings and connected apps create two different exposures. Settings drift when products add features, change policies, and introduce new defaults. Connected apps can keep reaching into an account long after their original job has ended.

## Start here

### [Review privacy settings regularly](https://live.freewithtech.com/practices/review-privacy-settings-regularly.md)

Privacy choices drift as products add features, change policies, and introduce new defaults.

**Start small:** Review the privacy settings of one service you use often.

### [Review connected apps and permissions](https://live.freewithtech.com/practices/review-connected-apps-and-permissions.md)

Connected apps can retain access to sensitive accounts and data after their original purpose has ended.

**Start small:** Open the connected-apps page for one important account and remove one integration you no longer use.

## Related concepts

- [digital hygiene](https://live.freewithtech.com/concepts/digital-hygiene.md): Recurring maintenance keeps the digital footprint legible, private, and recoverable.
- [minimal retention](https://live.freewithtech.com/concepts/minimal-retention.md): Data and digital residue are kept only while they continue to serve a deliberate purpose.

## From the public trail

- [what I discovered on my tech reset journey](https://fwt.wtf/digital-wellness-values?utm_source=live.freewithtech.com)

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