How to tell if someone paused their location in Find My?

Find on the find my feature…how can you tell if someone paused their location?

Posted on Feb 20, 2026 1:55 AM

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Posted on Feb 20, 2026 7:05 AM

You can’t pause a location. It’s either on or off. If on and out of range or has a dead battery, it may not be able to report a recent location. The Find My app will report last location or updated location when app is open.


https://support.apple.com/en-us/104978


https://www.icloud.com/find


https://support.apple.com/en-us/102648



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Feb 20, 2026 7:05 AM in response to Lonely1_why

You can’t pause a location. It’s either on or off. If on and out of range or has a dead battery, it may not be able to report a recent location. The Find My app will report last location or updated location when app is open.


https://support.apple.com/en-us/104978


https://www.icloud.com/find


https://support.apple.com/en-us/102648



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