How To Share Your Location On iPhone

If you didn’t enable and configure the Find My app when setting up your iPhone, you’ll need to do that first. Thankfully it’s a simple matter of opening the Find My app and giving it access to location services by tapping one of the “Allow” options when prompted. Tapping “Don’t Allow” will prevent access, “Allow Once” will let the app track your location while the app remains open (and will default to off once the app is closed), and “Allow While Using App” will disable tracking when the app is closed, but automatically enable it without prompting every time it’s opened.

Once that’s done, make sure you’re on the People tab and tap “Start Sharing Location,” which will pull up a menu that allows you to select someone (or multiple people) in your Contacts list to share your current location with (via Apple). You can either select these contacts from the list as it appears or manually search for the name or number you want. When finished selecting recipients, tap “Send” in the top-right corner of the screen to view a new menu where you can decide how long your location will be shared: one hour, until the end of the day, or indefinitely. Your location info will be shared, and you can tap “OK” when prompted to finish.