How to turn off Siri suggesting Check In on iPhone

About 2-3 weeks ago, out of the blue, Siri started suggesting that I send a check-in to one of my contacts, a feature I hadn't initiated. This first happened when I left my home to go to the store, and I dismissed it, thinking it was a one-time thing. However, the next day, I received the same suggestion for the same contact. I decided to explore this feature, only to find it quite invasive and creepy, especially since it keeps popping up whenever I leave my home or workplace.

Despite my attempts to stop it, such as disabling Siri's rights to send me suggestions and preventing it from learning from the Messages app, the persistent check-in suggestion remains. It's starting to unnerve me, and I'm on the verge of removing Siri altogether if I can't find a solution to make it stop.

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iPhone 6, iOS 10

Posted on Jan 22, 2024 8:21 AM

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Unnecessarilyconfusing

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Posted on Aug 14, 2024 12:05 PM

Solved:

Like many of the folks who reported this, I have no idea how this was enabled.

The fix though:

Go to Settings > Privacy & Security > Safety Check (i'm on iOS 17.5.1)
While in the Safety Check screen, select "Manage Sharing & Access"
You will notice on the splash screen a selection called "Review People" which includes location sharing.
Hit the "Continue" button and you should now see who you are sharing with.
Select the contact for which you started receiving the Checkin notifications
Select the location service and hit the "Stop Sharing" button.
You will see a warning screen of some sort indicating that you will stop location sharing and the person will be notified, blah blah blah.
Select 'continue'
To confirm you have stopped location sharing/checkins, open Messages and select the contact. You should now see a 'quiet' notice stating "Check In Ended".

Again, I don't know how this was enabled as I 'thought' I stopped sharing my location with this contact a long time ago. Alas, it was reenable at some point. <shrug>

Good luck.

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