If I turn my iPhone off, can my friends still track my location?

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Level 1

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If I turn my iPhone off, can my friends still track my location?

-iPhone 6

-iOS 9

-16 GB

I cannot tell if once I turn my iPhone off, or it runs out of charge, if I can still be tracked by the Find My Friends app.

iPhone 6, iOS 9.3

Posted on Jun 26, 2016 4:58 AM

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Answer 1

daapple

Level 4

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Jun 26, 2016 5:22 AM in response to tarrytie

Hello Tarrytie,

There is a very easy way of hiding your location from your friends:

Open Find My Friends and tap on yourself. Then turn off Share My Location.

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Answer 2

Jun 26, 2016 5:13 AM in response to tarrytie

It depends what you mean by off. If you shut it down by holding the sleep/wake button down, then use slide the "slide to power off" button, I'm pretty sure you won't be trackable. You can test it with Find My Phone. . . . I just tried it. You cannot be tracked if it is powered down. That would include a dead battery.

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