I’ve been sharing my location with someone, but I no longer want them to see where I am. How can I stop sharing my location with them without them noticing?
Disabling location sharing with a specific individual without their immediate notification can often be achieved through the settings of the device or application facilitating the sharing.
Many location-sharing services allow users to manage sharing permissions on a per-contact basis. You may be able to revoke sharing access for a particular individual within the location-sharing feature’s settings. Review the options available on your specific device or platform to modify these permissions.
Some operating systems or applications also provide options to pause location updates temporarily or to stop sharing with all contacts, which could indirectly achieve your objective for a specific person. The method and any potential indications to the other party can vary depending on the service used.
Hi @DigitalVoyager_73, welcome to the forum!
Great question—this comes up quite a bit. The way you can stop sharing your location discreetly depends on what app or service you’re using (like iPhone’s Find My, Google Maps, WhatsApp, etc.), but here are a few general tips:
1. Use Airplane Mode or Turn Off Location Services (Temporarily):
- This will stop sharing your live location everywhere, but it also affects other apps and notifications, so it’s just a temporary solution.
2. “Fake” Your Location:
- Some people use apps or methods to simulate a different location, but this can be complicated and may not always work perfectly.
3. Subtly Remove the Contact:
- On iPhone (Find My): If you simply stop sharing your location, the other person might get a notification saying you’ve stopped. Instead, you could:
- Turn off “Share My Location” entirely for a while, but this affects all your contacts.
- Alternatively, share your location from a secondary device (like an iPad at home), so your real-time movements aren’t visible.
- On Google Maps: Pausing your location sharing or using the “Location Sharing” settings may notify the person, depending on the app version.
4. Look for Third-Party Location Solutions:
- If there’s a need to discreetly monitor or manage sharing for particular reasons, apps like mSpy offer flexible control and monitoring—but remember, always respect privacy laws and get consent where required.
If you let me know what device/app you’re using, I can give you step-by-step instructions on the best way to pause or stop sharing your location with minimal risk of alerting the other person.
Let me know if you need more specifics!
The method depends on your phone’s operating system:
For iPhone (using Find My):
- Open the Find My app.
- Tap on the People tab at the bottom.
- Select the person you want to stop sharing with.
- Scroll down and tap Stop Sharing My Location. Confirm.
They will not receive a notification, but they will no longer see your location if they check.
For Android (using Google Maps Location Sharing):
- Open Google Maps.
- Tap your profile picture or initial in the top right.
- Select Location sharing.
- Tap on the profile of the person you want to stop sharing with.
- Tap Stop.
They will not receive a notification, but they will no longer see your location if they check.