How to turn off find my phone iphone

Q: How do I disable Find My phone?

To stop your device from sharing your location, youll also need to turn off location tracking: Open Settings. Tap on Location..

Find My iPhone is an application created by Apple to not only locate your iPhone but also help keep track of your other Apple products, such as iMacs, iPads, Airpods, Apple Watch, iPod touch and AirTags. Through the Find My app, you can track the location of your various Apple products. While this function is great for tracking friends and family or lost items, some also feel the need to disable it from time to time. How do you turn off Find My iPhone?

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How to turn off Find My iPhone
How to remove a device from Find My iPhone
Activate the Find My app
How do I disable Find My phone?
How do I turn off Find My iPhone without my iPhone?
Why cant I turn Find My iPhone off?
How do I turn off Find My iPhone without password?

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How to turn off Find My iPhone

According to the Apple website, turning off Find My iPhone can be done in five easy steps.

Go into your Settings app
At the top of the screen you’ll see your name, tap that and scroll down to the “Find My” settings
In the “Find My” settings, the very first option will be whether you’d like to turn the function on or off. To deactivate Find My iPhone, turn the function off
You will then be prompted to enter your Apple ID. Enter your Apple ID to confirm you’d like to deactivate the feature.
Finally, you’ll be able to officially deactivate the function

How to remove a device from Find My iPhone

The Apple website explains how you can remove a device from the Find My app in three steps

Make sure the device you want to remove is turned off. If you're removing Airpods, make sure they’re in the case
Go to iCloud.com and go to the Find My iPhone section. Open Find My iPhone and go to all devices
Select the specific device you would like to remove. Once selected, click remove device

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Apple’s Find My app has been a very useful (and reassuring) feature, allowing you to locate a misplaced (or stolen) phone so that you can retrieve it (or contact the authorities, if that’s safer). With the expansion of Find My to a variety of other objects, especially via Apple’s AirTags, it’s become even more useful.

And now that iOS 15 brings with it the capability to locate your phone even if the battery has run out or it’s been turned off — if you’ve got the right phone — the utility of Find My has become even greater.

You will be able to locate a shut-off phone if you have the following:

iPhone 11
iPhone 11 Pro / iPhone 11 Pro Max
iPhone 12 / iPhone 12 Mini
iPhone 12 Pro / iPhone 12 Pro Max
iPhone 13 / iPhone 13 Mini
iPhone 13 Pro / iPhone 13 Pro Max

You’ll know that this feature is active if, when you shut your phone down, you see the phrase “iPhone Findable After Power Off” under the power-down toggle.

Activate the Find My app

If you’re new to the iPhone or have never set up the Find My app yet, here’s how you start:

Go to your settings, tap on your name, and then on “Find My.”
Tap on “Find My iPhone.”
Toggle “Find My iPhone” on. If you have upgraded to iOS 15, you can also activate “Find My network,” which will let you find your phone even if it’s offline. “Send Last Location” will send the location of your iPhone to your Apple account when the battery is about to die.

Turn on the Find My feature in your settings.

Turn on “Find My network” to find your phone when it’s off.

And that’s it! After that, if you can’t find your iPhone, then you can track it either by using the Find My app on a Mac (or another iPhone, if you have one) or on any browser by going to iCloud.com/find and signing in using your Apple ID.

If you’re using the web version, then you’ll see a green dot that locates your iPhone. Select the dot and then the circled “i” (for information), and you’ll be given the choice of having your phone play a sound, erasing it, or putting it on “Lost Mode.” In “Lost Mode,” you can enter a phone number where you can be reached and a message (“Please return this phone asap!”). After that, the phone will be locked until you reenter its passcode.

The Find My app lets you locate your phone, send a notification, or erase it. (Note: the map has been blurred for privacy reasons.)

If you’re using the Find My app, you’ll get basically the same features (except in a more aesthetically pleasing form), along with map directions on how to get to your phone.

And yes — if you’re using iOS 15 on your iPhone, you will be able to locate it even if it’s run out of battery power or has been shut off.

Find My can locate a phone even if it’s off — as long as it has iOS 15 installed.

(Note: you can also use the Find My app to help with your own security — to share your location with individuals and send recurring notifications of when you leave and arrive. You can find directions for setting that up in our article “How to use iPhone’s location tracking.”)

Update September 29th, 2021, 3:30PM ET: Updated to add information on which iPhones can be found after power off.

How do I disable Find My phone?

To stop your device from sharing your location, you'll also need to turn off location tracking: Open Settings. Tap on Location..

Open Settings..

Tap on Security..

Go to Find My Device and slide the switch to off..

How do I turn off Find My iPhone without my iPhone?

How to remotely turn off Find My and remotely erase your iPhone.

Go to iCloud.com/find on your computer and enter your Apple ID and password..

Click All Devices on the Find My iPhone screen, then click on the device that you want to erase and remove from Find My. ... .

Click Erase iPhone..

Why cant I turn Find My iPhone off?

Go to Settings > General > Transfer or Reset iPhone > Reset > on the pop-up, select Reset All Settings option. After iPhone restarts, connect your device to WiFi Network by entering your Wi-Fi Network Password and see if you can disable Find My iPhone.