If you have iOS 13, iPadOS, or macOS Catalina, the Find My app combines Find My iPhone and Find My Friends into a single app. Set up the Find My app and turn on Find My [device] to get started. If your Apple Watch has watchOS 6, use the Find People app, which replaces the Find Friends app, to share your location with friends and family members.
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Get started
- Use iOS 8 through 12 with your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.
- Use watchOS 3 through 5 with your Apple Watch.
- If it's not already on your device, you can download the Find My Friends app from the App Store.
- Make sure that the web browser on your Mac or PC is up to date.
Find My Friends is a free social app that maps contacts' addresses stored on Android phones. Find My Friends brings a simple yet useful friend locator for Android mobile device. It basically maps addresses from the phones contact list and highlights the location and distance of the contacts nearby.
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Set up Find My Friends
If your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch is using iOS 9 through 12, Find My Friends is automatically installed. If your device is using a version of iOS 8, install the free Find My Friends app from the App Store. When you sign in to iCloud on your device, you automatically sign in to Find My Friends with your Apple ID.
If you want to get Find My Friends notifications on your Apple Watch, go to the Apple Watch app on your iPhone. Then go to the My Watch tab, tap Notifications, scroll down, tap Find Friends, and tap to turn on Mirror iPhone alerts. If you're using watchOS 4 or 5, you can also turn notifications on from your Apple Watch. Go to Settings > General > Location Services. Then turn on Share My Location.
You can also use Find My Friends on iCloud.com or with Family Sharing to share your location with your family.
Location sharing isn't supported in South Korea and might be unavailable in other regions due to local laws.
Add a friend
To use Find My Friends, make sure your friends have Find My Friends on their device too. You can only add friends from Find My Friends on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.
- Open Find My Friends.
- Tap Add.
- Choose a friend or enter their email address, then tap Send or Done to send the request.
After your friend agrees to share their location, you can see their location in a list or on a map in the Find My Friends app, or on iCloud.com.
If you want, you can choose which email address to use when sending requests to friends:
- On your iPhone or iPod touch, tap Me > Send As.
- On your iPad, tap List > Me > Info > Send As.
If you don't want to get friend requests:
- On your iPhone or iPod touch, tap Me > turn off Allow Friend Requests under Invitations.
- On your iPad, tap List > Me > turn off Allow Friend Requests under Invitations.
With the Find My Friends app on iCloud.com, you can only see your friends and their location or change settings for sharing your location. To add friends, you need to use an iOS device.
Hide your location
You can hide or stop sharing your location with your friends. Just follow these steps:
Open Find My Friends and tap Me. Then turn off Share My Location.
Tap Done. You'll see Not sharing location next to Me at the bottom of the screen.
Stop sharing your location
If you don't want your friends to see your location in Find My Friends, you can stop sharing from the app on your iOS device or on iCloud.com. You can still see the location of your friends, but your friends see Location Not Available when they try to locate you.
On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch:
- Go to Settings > [your name].
- If you're using iOS 12, tap Share My Location. If you're using an earlier version of iOS, tap iCloud > Share My Location.
- Turn off Share My Location.
On iCloud.com:
- Sign in to iCloud.com and open Find My Friends.
- Select Me.
- Deselect Share My Location.
Use Find My Friends on multiple devices
You can use Find My Friends on any iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Apple Watch that you own. However, only one iOS device and any paired cellular Apple Watch can send your location to your followers. You can change the device to the one you're currently using in Find My Friends:
- On your iPhone or iPod touch, tap Me, then tap This Device under Share My Location From.
- On your iPad, tap List > Me > Info, then tap This Device under Share My Location From.
Share My Location From only appears when you're currently signed in to Find My Friends, Find My, or Find People on multiple devices.
Send and accept location requests
Your friends can send you a request to follow your location. If you accept someone's request, that person can then see your location. If you want to see that person's location, you must invite them, and they must accept your invitation.
If you accept a request from a friend that you’re not following, a follow request is automatically sent to your friend.
Friends and followers limits
- You can follow up to 100 friends.
- Up to 100 friends can follow you.
Learn more
Your location is sent from your device only when someone requests to see it. Your location isn't transmitted on a regular interval. For more information, see the iCloud security and privacy overview.
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If you need help, try these steps first:
- Make sure that you have the latest version of Find My Friends downloaded from the App Store, iOS 8 through 12 on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, and watchOS 3 through 5 on your Apple Watch.
- Check Find My Friends on the System Status page for issues.
- Force Find My Friends to close on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. Wait a minute, then open the app again.
- Use these steps if the app unexpectedly quits, stops responding, or won’t open.
If you still need help, check the questions below for your issue. You can also check the Help menu in the Find My Friends app:
- On an iPhone or iPod touch, tap Me, then tap Help.
- On an iPad, tap the List button, tap Me, tap Info, then tap Help.
Get help viewing locations
Learn what to do if you can't see a location, a location isn't correct, or your friends can't see your device location.
If you have iOS 13 or later, or watchOS 6 or later, learn how to use location sharing in the Find My app.
If you forced the app to close
If you force Find My Friends to close in iOS 7 or later, Find My Friends might not be able to detect proximity to a geographic location (geofencing). Geofence alerts from Find My Friends won't be delivered to friends who follow your device, and your device won't appear on your friend's device. After you close the app, reopen it on your device.
You should force the Find My Friends app to close only if it's unresponsive. Find My Friends can send your current location to friends even when the app is in the background.
If you see a No location available label for friends
You might not see your friend's location for these reasons:
- Your friend might need to correct the date on their device. Tap Settings > General > Date & Time.
- The device is off or isn't connected to cellular or Wi-Fi.
- Your friend turned on Hide My Location in Find My Friends.
- Your friend turned off Share My Location.
- Your friend turned off Location Services in Settings > Privacy > Location Services; Settings > Screen Time > Content & Privacy Restrictions > Share My Location; or in Settings > Privacy > Location Services > Find Friends.
- Your friend turned off Share My Location in Settings > [your name] > Find My > Share My Location.
- Your friend isn't signed in to Find My Friends on the device being located.
- The device is in a country or region where Apple doesn't offer this feature. This feature might not be available in all countries or regions due to technical limitations or local law.
A device's previous location is available for two hours. After two hours, you see Location not available.
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You might not see a device's current location if it needs to update in iCloud. Wait a few minutes, then try again.
If you're signed in to Find My Friends on more than one device, you might need to check which of your devices your friends can see:
- On an iPhone or iPod touch, tap Me, then tap your active device under Share My Location From. This choice only appears when you're currently signed in to Find My Friends on multiple devices.
- On an iPad, tap the List button, tap Me, tap Info, then tap your active device under Share My Location From. This choice only appears when you're currently signed in to Find My Friends on multiple devices.
- On an Apple Watch that uses watchOS 4, press the Digital Crown to see the Settings icon. Choose Settings > General > Location Services. Make sure that Location Services and Share My Location are turned on.
If the location circle is too large
If the location circle is too large, wait a few minutes, then try again. The device might be determining a more accurate location, or it might not be able to provide a more accurate location. This can happen if the device is indoors with no known Wi-Fi base station around.
If the location label isn't accurate
If you set a location label, such as Home or Work, the label will display only if your device's location is accurate. If your device's location is too broad to match the location that you used when you set the label, the label might not show.
Get help sending and receiving location requests
If you didn't get your friend's request
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- Make sure that you're signed in to Find My Friends with the Apple ID your friend is trying to follow. To see your Apple ID, tap Settings > [your name]. If you're using iOS 10.2 or earlier, tap Settings > iCloud. If your friend used a different email address, check your email inbox for a request from your friend. Tap View Request in the email to accept or decline their request.
- Make sure that the option to Allow Friend Requests is turned on in Find My Friends:
- On an iPhone or iPod touch, tap Me, then select Allow Friend Requests under Invitations.
- On an iPad, tap the List button, tap Me, tap Info, then select Allow Friend Requests.
- Make sure that you're within the limits to accept follow requests. If you reached a limit, you might not be able to accept more friends until you remove one.
If your friend didn't get your request
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- Make sure that you're sending your request to the Apple ID your friend is using to sign in to Find My Friends on their iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. If your friend has iOS 13 or later or watchOS 6, send your request to the Apple ID your friend is using to sign in to Find My [device] or the Find People app.
- Make sure that you're within the limits to send follow requests to others. If you reached a limit, you might not be able to send a location request to more friends until you remove one.
If you accept a request from a friend that you’re not following, a follow request is sent to your friend automatically.
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Learn more
- Use parental controls on your child's iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
- Turn Location Services and GPS on or off on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch