How to stop sharing your iPhone or iPad location (2024)

You can Use Safety Check on iPhone (iOS 16 or later) to manage which people and apps have access to your location.

To stop sharing your location with all apps and services, for even a short period of time, go to Settings > Privacy > Location Services and turn off location sharing. This stops all apps on your device, such as Maps, from using your location. No one is notified if you turn off Location Services, but some features may not work as expected without access to your location.

Note: You can also temporarily turn off Find My iPhone in the same tab if you’re concerned someone may have access to your iCloud account. In the list of apps using Location Services, tap Find My, then select Never.

To stop sharing your location with certain apps and services, go to Settings > Privacy > Location Services, then choose the apps and services you want to stop sharing with. Tap the app name, then choose Never under Allow Location Access.

To stop sharing your location with a particular person, open the Find My app , tap People, select a person, then tap Stop Sharing My Location at the bottom of the screen.

If you started — and later stopped — sharing your location in Find My, the person isn’t notified and can’t see you in their list of friends. If you re-enable sharing, they get a notification that you’ve started sharing your location with them.

To stop sharing your estimated time of arrival (ETA) in Maps, open Maps, select Favourites to open a window containing all the locations you’ve designated as a Favourite. Tap the Info button next to each location you want to review automatic ETA sharing settings for, then scroll down to the Share ETA section and remove the person you want to stop sharing with.

To check which devices and accessories are currently available through Find My to anyone who has access to your Apple ID, go to Find My > Devices and review the list. If there is a device you don’t recognise and want to review, tap the device then tap Remove This Device.

Note: If you’re part of a Family Sharing Group, members of your sharing group that have allowed you to see the location of their devices will be listed below, separated by owner name.

When photos and videos that include location metadata are shared, the people you share them with may be able to access the location metadata and learn where it was taken. If you’re concerned about someone having access to the location metadata associated with your photos or videos, you can remove the current metadata and stop it from being collected in the future.