How to share location in Family Sharing iPhone

Family Sharing lets you share your Apple subscriptions, purchases, iCloud storage, and location with up to six people. You can control who can see your location, pause sharing, or turn it off completely whenever you want to protect your privacy. In this guide, you'll learn how to share your location using Family Sharing on iPhone.

Instructions for sharing location in Family Sharing iPhone

Before using the sharing feature, you need to enable location services on your iPhone . Then enable Find My iPhone on your phone.

Step 1:

You open the Settings app then tap Family to access. In this interface, tap Location Sharing then turn on location sharing with any member you want in the family list. You can also turn on Automatically Share Location so that new members can see your location immediately.

You can also share your location from the Find My app . Click on the People tab and then click on Start Sharing Location to proceed. Then find the person you want to share their location from Find My iPhone and select the sharing time you want.

Step 2:

If you want to stop sharing your location , go to the My Find app, then tap the People tab and select Stop Sharing My Location. Finally, tap Stop Sharing Location.

Jessica Tanner

Update 17 August 2025