How to See If Someone Checked Your Location on iPhone

Yesterday, my sister shared her growing suspicion that someone was checking the location on her iPhone. She started noticing red flags weeks prior, and her paranoia has been eating at her sanity lately, so she kept bugging me to help her confirm it.

After looking up what I could do to help my poor sister, I was shocked to see what I found.

Unfortunately, someone can check the location of your iPhone using various methods. For example, they can track you through Find My or using apps that have access to your device’s location services.

Don’t worry – we have you covered if you’re concerned about a similar situation. In this post, we’ll teach you how to see if someone checks your iPhone’s location, including four practical ways to prevent them from doing so.

How To See If Someone Checked Your Location On iPhone

Unfortunately, seeing or telling if someone checks your location on your iPhone is challenging. Luckily, below are specific telltale signs you can look for if you suspect someone is tracking you without your permission.

1. Check your iPhone’s battery usage

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Number of Steps	3
Time to Perform Fix	15 seconds
Things Needed	An iPhone

Location tracking services consume more power, so you should check your iPhone’s battery usage whenever you suspect someone is tracking you. Sadly, this trick isn’t reliable since background apps and activities can drain your device’s battery.

However, you shouldn’t overlook your iPhone’s battery usage since it can be an excellent reference point. 

Confused? Here’s a simple explanation. 

When someone tracks you via iPhone, they use GPS. To do that, the GPS satellites above will communicate with the GPS chip on your iPhone, causing a battery drain if it takes a long time. 

Step 1: Go to Settings.

Step 2: Go to Battery.

Step 3: Check which apps and activities drain your iPhone’s battery faster.

2. Check your iPhone for suspicious apps

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Number of Steps	6
Time to Perform Fix	30 seconds
Things Needed	An iPhone

A common way for hackers to check the location of your iPhone is through suspicious third-party apps. 

Therefore, inspecting your device’s apps list will help you determine whether or not there’s a non-system app you don’t remember installing.

This way, you can uninstall the suspicious app immediately.

Step 1: Go to Settings.

Step 2: Go to General.

Step 3: Select iPhone Storage.

Step 4: Check your iPhone’s apps list and select one you didn’t install.

Step 5: Click Delete App to remove the suspicious application.

Step 6: Click Delete App to confirm.

3. Check your iPhone’s Find My contacts

Difficulty	Very Easy ●○○○○
Number of Steps	3
Time to Perform Fix	10 seconds
Things Needed	An iPhone A working internet connection

Authorized contacts can check the location of your iPhone using the Find My app, but someone else can use it to track you. Fortunately, you can also use it to see who you share your location with.

For instance, if you see an unfamiliar contact on the Find My app, someone shady is likely tracking your whereabouts.

Step 1: Open Find My.

Step 2: Go to the People tab.

Step 3: Check for unknown contacts under Find My’s People list.

Tips To Prevent Someone From Checking My Location On iPhone

Below are practical methods to prevent someone from checking the location of your iPhone. With these methods, you can stop sharing your location or change it to mislead anyone trying to track you.

1. Configure your iPhone’s location permissions 

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Number of Steps	3
Time to Perform Fix	< 1 minute
Things Needed	An iPhone

Step 1: Go to Settings.

Step 2: Scroll down your settings and select an app.

Step 3: Select Location and set it to “Never.”

2. Turn off your iPhone’s location services

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Number of Steps	5
Time to Perform Fix	< 1 minute
Things Needed	An iPhone

Some apps can record your location, allowing others to use them to zero in on the location on your iPhone. For example, Facebook has a “Find Friends Nearby” feature that detects nearby users.

Since these apps can only record your location using your iPhone’s location services feature, turning it off will stop them from sharing your whereabouts. 

Step 1: Go to Settings.

Step 2: Go to Privacy.

Step 3: Select Location Services.

Step 4: Turn off the Location Services switch. Note: You can select specific apps to restrict location services for them.

Step 5: Click Turn Off to confirm.

3. Stop sharing your Find My location

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Number of Steps	3
Time to Perform Fix	< 1 minute
Things Needed	An iPhone A working internet connection

As mentioned, Find My allows others to check the location of your iPhone. Therefore, turning off location sharing for this app will prevent others from seeing your whereabouts.

Step 1: Go to Settings.

Step 2: Click your profile.

Step 3: Click Find My.

Step 4: Turn off “Share My Location.” Note: Alternatively, you can select a specific contact at the bottom to stop sharing your location with them only.

4. Use a VPN

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Number of Steps	6
Time to Perform Fix	< 1 minute
Things Needed	An iPhone A working internet connection

Lastly, you can use a VPN app to spoof your actual location. With this, it’s pointless for someone to locate your iPhone because a fake location will appear instead.

Step 1: Open the App Store.

Step 2: Search for VPNIFY.

Step 3: Install the app.

Step 4: Open VPNIFY.

Step 5: Click “Continue with ads” to use the app for free.

Step 6: Select a server to set your location and click Connect.

FAQs about Location Tracking on iPhone

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