How do I know who I'm sharing my location with on iPhone?

In the Find My app, under the People tab. For a full check, go to Settings › Privacy & Security › Safety Check (iOS 16 or later), which shows what you share with each person and lets you stop it.

How do I see if I'm sharing my location on WhatsApp?

Under Settings › Privacy › Live location you'll see the chats where you're sharing it right now. If it says "None", you aren't sharing anything.

Can someone see my location without me sharing it?

Yes, if they know the password to your Apple or Google account, if they've installed a spy app on your phone, or if they've hidden a tracker among your things. Change your passwords, turn on two-factor authentication, and check for unknown tracker alerts.

If I uninstall a location app, will they stop seeing me?

Not always: in some apps you stay in the circle with your last position. Leave the circle or delete your account from within the app before uninstalling it.

Privacy · How it works

Who Can See Your Location and How to Cut It Off (iPhone & Android)

You shared your location with someone months ago and you've forgotten. Or you suspect someone knows too much. The full, step-by-step check of who can see where you are and how to cut it off without missing anything.

The Mi Estela teamOctober 15, 2026 · 7 min read

A map pin linked to three people, each with a switch turned on or off

In this article

1. iPhone: Safety Check
2. Android and Google: Maps and Find Hub
3. WhatsApp
4. Instagram and Snapchat
5. Family or location apps
6. App permissions
7. What you won't find in settings
How Mi Estela does it

Your location may be shared in more places than you think: your iPhone, Google Maps, a WhatsApp chat from weeks ago, Instagram's map, a family app you no longer open or, without you knowing, someone who knows your account password. Here's the check, place by place. It takes about ten minutes.

Before you start, a warning: if you're checking because you're afraid of someone, keep in mind that cutting everything off at once can be noticed. Read controlling partner: what to do first or call 016 (Spain's gender-violence helpline).

1. iPhone: Safety Check

Since iOS 16, Apple has a tool made for exactly this, in Settings › Privacy & Security › Safety Check (you need two-factor authentication on your Apple Account). It has two paths, according to Apple's Personal Safety User Guide:

Emergency Reset: stops sharing everything at once with all people and apps, and takes you through reviewing the devices connected to your account and changing your password.
Manage Sharing & Access: lets you see what you share with each person (including Find My location) and remove whatever you want.

Also, in the Find My › People app you can see who you're sharing with right now; and in Find My › Devices, whether there's any device on your account you don't recognize.

2. Android and Google: Maps and Find Hub

Google Maps: tap your photo › Location sharing. The people who can see you and since when appear at the top; tap each one to stop.
Find Hub: Google's app for locating devices now also lets you share your location with friends and family, according to Google's help pages. Open it and check whether you're sharing with anyone.
Your Google Account: in account management, review the devices that are signed in. If someone has it on their phone, they can also locate your devices.

3. WhatsApp

Under Settings › Privacy › Live location (in some versions, inside Account) you'll find the chats where you're sharing it right now. If it says "None", you aren't sharing anything. To stop, open that chat, tap the map and choose "Stop sharing". A fixed location you sent earlier can't be "unshared": it stays in the chat.

4. Instagram and Snapchat

Both have a map of friends. Instagram's starts turned off and shares your last location with whoever you choose; Snap Map has Ghost Mode. To check them: Instagram's map and Snap Map.

5. Family or location apps

Life360, iSharing, Find My Kids, Mi Estela... Open each one and check which circles you're in and with whom. Careful: uninstalling the app doesn't always remove you from the circle; leave it or delete your account from within the app itself. Step by step, and what the other person sees when you do it: how to stop sharing your location.

6. App permissions

It's not about "who", but it matters: on iPhone, Settings › Privacy & Security › Location Services; on Android, Settings › Location › App location permissions. Remove "Always" from apps that don't need it and keep "While Using the App". We explain it in location permissions.

7. What you won't find in settings

A tracker in your bag or your car. Turn on alerts for unknown trackers and, if one shows up, follow these steps.
A spy app installed. Signs and what to do in how to tell if your phone has stalkerware.
A password someone knows. If another person knows the password to your Apple or Google account, they can see where your phone is without you sharing it with them. Change it and turn on two-factor authentication.

How Mi Estela does it

In Mi Estela you always have the answer at hand: "Who can see me", on the star that opens when you press and hold the map, tells you who sees you and how (precise, by area only, or not at all), calculated with the same rules the map uses. You can switch to area only or invisible in one tap, block someone, and leave a circle whenever you want. What you see of others, they see of you. More in how privacy works.

Sources

Written by the Mi Estela team. We talk about other apps with sources and dates; if you spot anything outdated, drop us a line at hola@miestela.app and we'll fix it. Brands and names mentioned belong to their respective owners.