charlie74
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Q: Change / set my iPhone home / work address

Hi all...  

 

I just recently moved (last week), and need to figure out where the iPhone stores my home address.  For example, using the Reminders app, I can set a reminder for "when I get home".   However, the old address is stored there, and I don't know where to set it (I'm not sure I ever even set it the first time).

 

Also...  I see it has a spot for my work address... but also no where to set it.

 

Can someone tell me where these settings are?

Thanks!

 

Charlie

iPhone 4, Windows 7

Posted on Nov 8, 2011 6:23 PM

by bobbyco57,Solvedanswer
bobbyco57 bobbyco57
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iPad
A:

It's in your contact record in the Contacts app.

For any of your contacts you can Edit to change addresses, add additional address locations as well as all other type of contact information.

Posted on Nov 8, 2011 6:26 PM

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  • by queenwefe,

    queenwefe queenwefe Mar 27, 2014 5:05 PM in response to ubookout
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    Mar 27, 2014 5:05 PM in response to ubookout

    Ah! I added a home and and a work address in there as there was just my email address under my contact and after turning off and on it has worked!

    Thank you, I was stupidly thinking since there was no address there it shouldn't matter, but my phone had other ideas! :)

  • by ubookout,

    ubookout ubookout Mar 27, 2014 5:26 PM in response to queenwefe
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    Mar 27, 2014 5:26 PM in response to queenwefe

    I'm glad it worked!

  • by Godfather858,

    Godfather858 Godfather858 Jun 25, 2014 4:48 AM in response to GeekBoy.from.Illinois
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    Jun 25, 2014 4:48 AM in response to GeekBoy.from.Illinois

    This seemed to do the trick for me, after trying all the other suggestions. Thanks!

  • by lv2bikerace,

    lv2bikerace lv2bikerace Dec 7, 2014 4:33 AM in response to Godfather858
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    Dec 7, 2014 4:33 AM in response to Godfather858

    In Contacts, there will be a single entry that has the word "me" next to the name (should be your name). This is where iPhone Maps gets your home and work addresses, if you have the addresses correctly entered as "home" and "work" addresses. I had those tags reversed, so when I used the iPhone Maps to navigate "home", it was creating a route to take me to work.

    You have to designate which entry in your Contacts is you by doing the following: Settings-> Mail Contacts and Calendars -> Scroll down for Contacts Section->My Info. Now just tap on the entry that is you, and your name will appear next to "My Info."

     

    iPhone 4S

    iOS 8.1.1

  • by Bmachine,

    Bmachine Bmachine Oct 4, 2015 3:44 PM in response to lv2bikerace
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    Oct 4, 2015 3:44 PM in response to lv2bikerace

    Old thread in case it helps someone...  After finding that none of the above worked for me I discovered that my work address had one number wrong on the Work zip code.  This would send me to a totally wrong location every time I clicked on Work.  Doh!

     

    Second, if you have a few wrong address in your Favorites, you need to clear that because Maps will be tempted to send you back there.  TO do that on ios9, I found the following:

     

     

    Use Maps on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support

    Clear your recents

    1. Open Maps.
    2. Tap the address bar.
    3. Tap Favorites > Recents > Clear > Clear All Recents.
    4. Tap Done.
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