How to notify a friend when your location changes in Find My on iPad

Use the Find My app to let a friend know when your location changes. You can notify your friend when you arrive at or leave a location, and with a larger radius, they get notified when you’re near the location rather than right at it.

You can see a list of the people notified when your location changes, and stop notifying friends at any time. You can also see all the notifications about you.

Here’s how to notify a friend when your location changes in Find My on iPad.

You can also get a notification when your friend’s location changes. See Get notified when a friend’s location changes in Find My on iPad.

Notify a friend when your location changes

1. Open the Find My app on your iPad.
2. Tap People at the bottom-left side of the screen and then tap the name of the person you want to notify.
3. Below Notify [your friend’s name], tap Add Location Alert.
4. Choose whether you want to notify your friend when you arrive at or leave a location.
5. Choose a location, or tap New Location to create a new location and set a location radius.

   With a larger radius, your friend is notified when you’re near the location instead of right at the location.

6. Choose whether you want your friend to be notified only once or every time.
7. Tap the Done button.

At any time, you can stop notifying friends when your location changes. Check out our guide, Change or turn off a notification you set.

See all notifications about you

1. Open the Find My app on your iPad.
2. Tap Me at the bottom-left side of the screen.

   A list of people who are notified when your location changes appears below Alerts on My Location.

   Note: If you don’t see the Alerts on My Location section, you aren’t notifying any friends when your location changes.

3. Tap a name to see more details.

Turn off notifications about you

You can turn off any location notification about you, both the notifications you set and the notifications your friends create.

1. Open the Find My app on your iPad.
2. Tap Me at the bottom-left side of the screen.

   Below Notifications About You, you see a list of people who are notified when your location changes.

   If you don’t see the Notifications About You section, you aren’t notifying any friends when your location changes.

3. Select a name and tap a notification.
4. Tap Delete Notification and tap Delete Notification again.

See also

• Locate a friend in Find My on iPad