Who can see my location on find my iphone

(Pocket-lint) - Apple's Find My app enables you to track your friends and family's location. The person you want to track has to have an iPhone too, and they have to accept your request to share their location with you, but once setup, you can track your family or friend's iPhone at any time.

The feature was originally called Find My Friends, but the Find My Friends and Find My iPhone apps were combined in 2019 with the launch of iOS 13 into what is now called Find My. 

Here is how to setup tracking for a friend or family's iPhone, as well as how to track an iPhone once setup.

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To set up notifications, follow the steps below:

  1. Open the Find My app
  2. Tap on the People tab in the bottom left
  3. Tap on the friend you want to set up a notification for or about
  4. Swipe up on the information card to see all the options below the map
  5. Tap on 'Add' under Notifications
  6. Tap on 'Notify Me' or 'Notify [contact]

If you select 'Notify Me', you can choose between '[contact] Arrives', '[contact] Leaves' or [contact] Is Not At', followed by your contact's current location, your location or a 'New Location' and the frequency you want the notifications, which is either 'Only Once' or 'Every Time'.

Choosing '[contact] Is Not At' changes the options slightly. The location options are the same, but you can then select a time frame and the days you want to be notified. For example, you could setup a notification to alert you every time a friend is not at work during the week.

If you select 'Notify [contact]', you can then choose between 'I Arrive' and 'I Leave', followed by your current location, their current location or 'New Location', and the frequency you want the notications to be sent, which again is a choice of 'Only Once' or 'Every Time'.

Once you have selected your choices, you'll need to tap on 'Add' in the top right corner. When you are setting up a notification for yourself, the contact you are choosing to be notified about will get an alert to tell them you have set up a notification.

Some other tips and tricks...

There are a couple of other tips and tricks within the Find My app worth mentioning to help you get the most out of it.

Stop sharing your location

You can stop sharing your location at any point by turning the location toggle off in the Find My app within the Me tab. When off, none of your friends that you are sharing your location with will be able to see where you are.

It will simply say 'No Location Found' under your name in their People tab. When you toggle it back on, your location will reappear.

Stop sharing your location with a friend

You can stop sharing your location with a specific friend permanantly if you change your mind. You will disappear from their list in People in the Find My app and you'll have to follow the steps at the beginning of this feature to start sharing location again.

Open the Find My app > Tap on the People tab > Tap on the person you want to stop sharing your location with > Swipe up on the information card at the bottom of the screen > Tap on 'Stop Sharing My Location' > Confirm 'Stop Sharing Location'. 

Turn off friend requests

If you don't want to recieve requests from friends to follow your location, you can turn them off.

Open the Find My app > Tap on the Me tab > Swipe up on the information card at the bottom of the screen > Toggle off the 'Allow Friend Requests' under Notifications.

Add a contact to your favourites

You can add certain friends as favourites within the Find My app. If you add a friend or contact as a favourite, they will appear at the top if your list in the People tab of the Find My app, allowing you to see their location quickly, especially if you are sharing your location with mutiple friends.

Open the Find My app > Tap on their name in the People tab > Swipe up on the information card at the bottom of the screen > Tap 'Add [contact] to Favourites'.

Edit a location name for a contact

Rather than have the town and country appear as the location under a contact's name in the Find My app, you can edit a location name so it says 'Home' or 'Work', for example.

Open the Find My app > Tap on the People tab > Tap on the person you want to edit the location for > Swipe up on the information card at the bottom of the screen > Tap on Edit Location Name > Select from Home, Work, School, Gym, None, or Create Custom Label.

Edit a location name for yourself

You can edit a location name for yourself as well as your contacts, so your contacts will see 'Home' rather than the town and country.

Open the Find My app > Tap on the 'Me' tab > Swipe up on the information card > Tap on 'Edit Location Name'. 

Remove a friend

If you no longer want to see a friend's location, you can remove them from your list.

Open the Find My app > Tap on the People tab > Tap on the person you want to remove from your list > Swipe up on the information card at the bottom of the screen > Tap on 'Remove [contact].

Writing by Britta O'Boyle.

Can anyone with an iPhone see my location?

If you have granted location access to your friends or family, they can see where you are through the Find My app. To see who can track your location, open up the ‌Find My‌ app and tap on the "People" tab.

How do I keep people from knowing my location on Find My iPhone?

In the Find My app , tap the People tab, 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 on their list of friends.

Who can see my location Apple Find My?

Everyone's location data stays private. Just like every Apple product, Find My is designed to put you in control of your data. Location information is only sent to Apple when you actively locate your device, mark it as lost, or enable Send Last Location.