How to view contact location on iphone

You can choose who can find your location and how long to share your location with Google Location Sharing.

Tip: Other Google products may also allow you to share a one-time location with others. 

Location Sharing availability

Share your location

Share with a person who has a Google Account

How to view contact location on iphone

Share with a person who doesn’t have a Google Account

Stop sharing

Share your estimated time of arrival

Get someone’s location

Find someone's location

Ask for someone’s location

After you ask for your contact’s location, they get your email address, a notification and can:

  • View your profile to verify who you are.
  • Share their location with you.
  • Ignore your request.
  • Block you. You can't ask for their location anymore.

Hide or show someone's location

Hide someone's location

If you don’t want someone’s real-time location on your map, you can hide it. You can turn their location back on at any time.

  1. On your iPhone or iPad, open the Google Maps app​ .
  2. On the map, tap their icon.
  3. At the bottom, tap More
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    .
  4. Tap Hide from map.

Tip: You can permanently block someone’s location from your map. Learn how to block another person’s account.

Turn on someone’s location you’ve hidden

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How to view contact location on iphone

Apple holds privacy and security as two of its core values and it has detailed resources on how to protect your devices, accounts, and personal safety. Follow along for a look at the recommended steps to check who can see your iPhone location including how to make sure no one can track you.

Apple has a 20-page support guide called “Device and Data Access When Personal Safety is at Risk.” Whether you’ve got personal safety concerns or it’s just time for a privacy and security checkup, the steps below are useful.

Let’s dig into how to check who can see your iPhone location, how to adjust location settings, and more.

Who can see your iPhone location? How to make sure no one can track you

Update summer 2022:With iOS 16, Apple has an additional privacy feature called Safety Check that immediately stops sharing your iPhone location, read all about it in our full coverage.


Here’s what Apple advises:

Turning Location Services off completely

  • If you need to turn off all possible Location Services and tracking (temporarily or permanently), head to Settings > Privacy (Privacy & Security in iOS 16)
  • Tap Location Services at the top
  • Toggle the switch off next to Location Services, confirm by choosing Turn Off
  • Keep in mind some services won’t be able to work with Location Services turned off
  • Apple highlights when turning this switch off that “Location Services will be disabled for all apps, but your personalized Location Services will be temporarily restored if you use Find My iPhone to enable Lost Mode.”

What apps can see your iPhone location?

  • In the same Settings section (Settings > Privacy > Location Services) look further down
    • Remember you’ll need the main Location Services toggle to be turned on
  • You’ll see a list of apps (Apple apps and third-party ones)
  • Tap one to manage individual Location Services
    • You’ll get the option to allow location access “Never,” “Ask Next Time,” “While Using the App,” or “Always”
    • Additionally, you can toggle off “Precise Location” if you want to give an app location permission but don’t want it to be specific

When you see the Location Services icons in the status bar of your iPhone, or in the settings we walked through above, here’s what they mean:

How to view contact location on iphone

Managing Location Services with Find My

  • In Settings > Privacy > Location Services tap Share My Location
  • You can now toggle off the button next to “Share My Location” which will prevent the family and friends you see below from seeing where you are
  • You can also manage how Find My iPhone works by tapping Find My iPhone

Who can see your iPhone location with Find My?

  • Head to the Find My app
  • Tap a person from the list at the bottom
  • Swipe to the bottom of the info card
  • Choose Stop Sharing My Location
  • Alternatively, you can do the same from Settings > Privacy > Location Services > Share My Location> Family/Friends

Who can see your iPhone location in third-party apps?

  • If you’re sharing your location with others in third-party apps, that won’t show up in your main iOS settings
  • Head back to Settings > Privacy > Location Services to look at what apps have location access
  • If you’re unsure if an app has access you can turn them all back to “Ask Next Time” or “Never”
    • Common third-party apps that will have location access to your iPhone include, Google Maps, Facebook, Instagram, other social media apps, Uber/Lyft, other travel, fitness, shopping apps (keep in mind even unsuspecting apps could have or ask for location access)

Going further with protecting your Apple devices

  • How to check who can access your iPhone, iPad, and Apple accounts
  • How to check iOS app privacy details for iPhone and iPad

Additionally, you can read Apple’s full 20-page guide on device and data privacy here.

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How do you check someones locations on iPhone?

See the location of a friend Tap People at the bottom of the screen, then tap the name of the person you want to locate. If your friend can be located: They appear on a map so you can see where they are. If your friend can't be located: You see “No location found” below their name.

How can I see a contacts location?

Find a Google Contact.
On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Maps app ..
Sign in to your Google Account..
Search for a contact's name or address. ... .
To see your contact on the map, choose a name or address..
To see your contact's details, tap the bottom of the screen..