Turn off stolen phone protection. My phone is fine and hasn’t been stolen. I just want that option off.

I've tried turning it off several times and it asks me to wait another hour each time. I sure wish I'd never turned it on. I can't make any changes to my account settings. The Apple support page you referenced is no help, but thanks. This is about the lamest "new feature" I've ever seen from Apple, when it essentially locks me out of my own phone settings.

I finally got it turned off by watching it count down to the very second and then turning it off. If I let the timer go and came back several minutes late, as I did many times, then I had to start over. That's not said in the article. Thanks for the reply.

Thank you great question. Same issue. Need to turn “Stolen Device Detection” OFF. Several times iPhone 12 in pocket while walking into store, certain buttons accidentally hit then phone goes into security mode locking me out 20-60 minutes bc “stolen device detection”- activated. Therefore can’t access Apple Pay to pay for items no choice but to wait..very frustrating:(

*tried clicking link above, not responding. Ty

About Stolen Device Protection for iPhone - Apple Support

What in the article was not clear to you?