Find My: Set Displayed Email

On my iPhone, under Settings > Sign-In & Security > Email and Phones, I have added multiple emails as reachable addresses. For example:



  • Email 1: My Apple ID
  • Phone Number 1
  • Email 2
  • Email 3
  • Email 4


When I open the Find My app and share my location with someone who is not in my contact list, and I am also not in their contact list, they see my Email 3 address after accepting the invitation. Why don’t they see my Apple ID email address instead?


Where can I configure which email address is displayed to the person I share my location with?


Additional Notes:


  • In Settings > iMessage > Send & Receive, all my email addresses and phone numbers are checked under "You can receive iMessages to and reply from."


  • In Settings > iMessage > Send & Receive > Start New Conversations From, my phone number is selected.

(Please do not suggest adding the person’s contact, as that’s not relevant to my question.)

iPhone 15 Pro

Posted on Dec 26, 2024 3:46 AM

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Jan 5, 2025 9:30 AM in response to PichuWong

We are fellow users on here so asking us not to suggest something you don’t want suggested is a bit rude. People are volunteering to help you in any way possible. If what they suggest does not help you or isn’t relevant you can simply respond that suggestion does not help. For the most part attempts to help will be trial and error unless it is a known issue and a firm “fix” has been determined so people can give you that fix immediately.


As far as how your question is presented…I want to make sure I am understanding you correctly. You are trying to send your location via Find My to people that are not part of your “Family” (the people whose devices you can see in Find My)? Or I am just not understanding what you are describing. Any way you can share a screenshot of what someone is receiving when you send your location (marking out any personal info of course). I honestly have never had anyone receive my email when sending location nor can I see anywhere in the settings for Find My to even do that (in the app or in the Settings for iPhone).


Share your location with iPhone - Apple Support


Another question…which email is set as your default email? If email 3 is the default then that could explain why it is the email sent to someone not in your contacts.


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Find My: Set Displayed Email

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