Article Summary
The article explains a clever and secure method to hide your real location on your iPhone while enabling location sharing without raising suspicion. You need an additional Apple device, such as an iPad, to log in using your Apple account and adjust location settings on both devices using the 'Find My' app. Users can set the location to appear as the stationary device's location, such as an iPad at home, rather than the iPhone they carry. You can easily switch to normal location settings.

Imagine you’re planning to surprise your family with an unexpected visit, or you want to buy a gift for your partner without them knowing. But what about the Find My app that constantly reveals your location? In case you have enabled location sharing with your relatives or loved ones. Today we’re revealing a smart and secure trick that will allow you to hide your real location on iPhone, while keeping the location sharing feature active, all without raising any suspicion! This innovative method will change the way you deal with your location privacy forever.

From iPhoneIslam.com, Find My icon has a circular shape on a blue background.


How to Hide Your Location on iPhone

Here's a clever trick that lets you continue sharing your location while showing a different location, and all you need is another Apple device you own. Here are the requirements:

◉ To hide your physical location, you must have an iPhone and an iPad, or two iPhones or two iPads.

◉ Sign in to your Apple account on both devices.

◉ Turn on Find My on both devices.

This method works by telling Find My to use the device's fixed location instead of your iPhone's location.

Steps to set up your first device

◉ Place the device you want to use its location, such as an iPad, in a convincing location, such as your home or office.

◉ On your iPhone or the device that will be with you:

◎ Open the Find My app, then tap the Me tab at the bottom of the screen.

◎ Then scroll down and look for the “Use This iPhone as My Location” option and make sure it is turned off.

From iPhoneIslam.com, the smartphone's screen shows location sharing settings with a green toggle switch turned on on a colorful gradient background, showcasing the seamless privacy features on the iPhone.

Setting up the second device

◉ Open the Find My app, then tap the Me tab.

◉ Select “Use this [device] as My Location”.

◉ Then activate the “Share my location” button.

From iPhoneIslam.com, a map showing part of the Tollcross area with nearby places like Books N Cup and Co-op. Location sharing settings are displayed, giving the option to use the iPad as the user's location, without raising suspicion.

This way, your location will appear to those who share your tracking as the fixed location of the device, not your actual location with your iPhone or the device you have with you.

Back to normal

And when you want to go back to normal and resume regular location sharing, simply:

◉ Go back to the Find My app on your iPhone, and turn on the Use This iPhone as My Location option again.

Have you ever tried hiding your location on iPhone? And did you find it useful? Let us know in the comments.

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