I need to temporarily stop sharing my location on Find My iPhone, but I don’t want the person tracking me to find out. Can anyone explain how I can handle this without setting off alerts or making it obvious?
Okay, so you wanna go ninja on Find My iPhone. Cool. First, airplane mode. Boom, “Location Not Available.” BUT! Your iPhone goes quiet too—no calls, no texts. Kinda sus if they try reaching you.
Plan B: Go to Settings → Privacy → Location Services. Toggle that OFF. Downside? Total location blackout for all apps. Netflix might hate you.
Plan C (my fave): Head to Settings → Your Name → Find My → Share My Location, and switch it off. It doesn’t send alerts, and people tracking you won’t know. Just say your phone’s bugging or you’re “fixing settings” if they ask. Convincing excuse = covered tracks.
Oh, sidestep: Location Sharing in iMessage. If you’re sharing there, go into the convo, tap their name/pic at the top, select “Stop Sharing My Location.” Again, no alerts—though they’ll notice when they check (so… hope they don’t).
Pro tip? Chuck the phone in a drawer for max stealth. Not recommended if you’re waiting for a pizza delivery, tho.
If you’re lookin’ for low-key stealth mode on Find My iPhone, here’s another trick: turn on Low Power Mode. It limits background activity, so your location might stop updating sporadically without fully cutting it off like Airplane Mode. It’s subtle and gives you more plausible deniability—just blame the battery life struggle.
Another angle? Use another iPhone or iPad registered to your Apple ID from a different location. Drop it off somewhere, leave it on, and it’ll broadcast the location from there instead of your actual phone. It’s a bit extra, but hey, if you’re tryna stay incognito, it works. Unlike @ombrasilente’s “total blackout” options, this way tools like Netflix still work for you—priorities, right?
Oh, almost forgot—the classic: tossing it in a Faraday bag or wrapping it in foil (if you’re feeling crafty). It’ll block all signals, so your phone’s totally lost in the digital void. Only downside is… yeah, no calls or texts here either, and if someone tries to contact you, it might raise eyebrows. Honestly, sometimes the less you mess with things, the better. But you do you, spy mode.