How to see Significant Locations on iPhone

Can anyone please advise how to access significant locations?

I can see a summary of 125 places, but am unable to access.

any assistance will be appreciated

please note, I do not want to do a reset as need recent info


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Posted on Sep 21, 2021 11:15 PM

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Posted on Sep 22, 2021 12:31 AM

To view your iPhone Significant Locations, go to Settings -> Privacy -> Location Services -> System -> Services -> Significant Locations.

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Oct 24, 2021 2:21 PM in response to Community User

After the iOS 15 update, when I access significant locations it tells me that I have 88 recent locations but gives me no date or time detail. Where did this information go? Has Apple deleted this feature with the most recent iOS update? Please respond with a definitive answer or let me know how I am incorrectly accessing this data. If this feature was deleted or changed in the recent update, why was no warning given about this?

Nov 2, 2021 6:49 AM in response to Eff-Sol

I contacted Apple support three times in the last two weeks and have finally gotten to the point where an engineer is supposed to return my call tomorrow, Wednesday, after having since last Thursday to review my request regarding significant locations.

I have the same issue as you, using significant locations to track my daily hours at different job sites. I will post here hopefully with a positive answer after they call me back.

Dec 8, 2021 5:48 AM in response to taylorfromitasca

taylorfromitasca wrote:

I have an iPad without the iOS update so was wondering if I could still see my significant locations there. Unfortunately, it is only showing a few, not all 200+ that would be on my phone before the update. Anyone know how to correct that?

I'm not sure there is anything to "correct". It appears that Apple has made a change. The significant locations still do what Apple intended them to do: "Allow your iPhone and iCloud connected devices to learn places significant to you in order to provide useful location-related information in Maps, Calendar, Photos, and more.". What Apple has changed is the ability for the user to access data that was never really intended to be used for some of the things people in this thread have used it for. When you use features in ways they weren't intended for, this sometimes happens.


You can let Apple know you'd like them to change things back here:


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Jan 27, 2022 3:33 PM in response to kerryn35

Just wanted to share I used the Significant Locations recommendation on my Mac as the user before me suggested. Just wanted to say that you need to select location services then scroll down to system settings and the detail button is next to that. It worked wonderfully and saved my billing sheet for work as well when I lost my work doc on a dreaded white screen. Saved me from having to make conservative guesses and losing a ton of time.

Jan 30, 2022 4:41 PM in response to kerryn35

Unfortunately Apple has stopped providing this information and they have absolutely no intention to bring it back. After a week of trying to get an answer the agent said that they don’t believe it will be accessible to us again. Having said that Apple can still use it leak before.


couple options. 1 turn off significant locations. If enough people turn it off the it is possible they will re think their update (although with only 1500 or so people hitting the “me too” button I don’t think it will change.


option 2. Find a third party app such as Google maps to track your location and times.


No idea why Apple stopped providing this information

Nov 14, 2022 11:37 AM in response to Unsolicited_01

I can confirm you are able to access a full view of your location history if you do it on a Mac as long as it has not been updated. First I used my MacBook to see if my location History was accessible. However it was exactly like my IPhone (since the MacBook is running Ventura). Then I used my old iMac running Catalina and there it was, a complete location history. Just why apple?

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