Use Safety Check on iPhone to stop sharing and secure your account
If your personal safety is at risk, you can use Safety Check on iPhone to quickly stop sharing your information, or to review and update sharing with individual people and apps. Safety Check requires iOS 16 or later. (To find the software version installed on your device, go to Settings > General, then tap About.)
There are two ways you can stop sharing using Safety Check:
Use Emergency Reset to immediately stop sharing the sharing types shown in How Safety Check works to keep you safe. Emergency Reset also allows you to review and reset settings associated with your Apple ID.
Use Manage Sharing & Access to stop sharing information with specific people or apps. If you’d like to review what you’re sharing and who you’re sharing with, use this option.
When using Emergency Reset and Manage Sharing & Access, keep in mind:
People may notice you’ve stopped sharing information with them.
By ending sharing relationships, you may lose access to data such as shared photos and notes.
For more information about Safety Check, see How Safety Check on iPhone works to keep you safe.
Find out how: To view a task below, select the plus button 
next to its title.
Quickly exit Safety Check
A Quick Exit button is available if you need to quickly exit Safety Check. Any changes you made before using Quick Exit are saved.
Tap Quick Exit on any Safety Check screen to immediately close the Settings app and return to the Home Screen.
How do I use Emergency Reset in Safety Check?
Go to Settings > Privacy & Security > Safety Check.
Tap Emergency Reset, then follow the onscreen instructions.
Progress is saved as you go.
When you’ve finished, go to Verify that you’ve stopped sharing, below.
Note: If you have Stolen Device Protection turned on, Safety Check may work a little differently. To learn more about Stolen Device Protection, see the Apple Support article About Stolen Device Protection for iPhone.
How do I use Manage Sharing & Access in Safety Check?
When you want to explore sharing in more detail, use Manage Sharing & Access to review and reset information you’re sharing with people, review and reset the information that apps have access to, and update your device and Apple ID security. Progress is saved as you go.
Go to Settings > Privacy & Security > Safety Check.
Tap Manage Sharing & Access.
Do one of the following to stop sharing information with other people:
Tap People, select people in the list, review the information shared with people, then decide which information you want to stop sharing with selected people.
Tap Information, select apps in the list, review the information shared with people, then decide which information you want to stop sharing with selected people.
Do one of the following to stop sharing information with other apps:
Tap Apps, select apps in the list, review the information shared with them, then decide which information you want to stop sharing with the selected apps.
Tap Information, select the information being shared in the list, review the information shared with apps, then decide which information you want to stop sharing with the selected apps.
Tap Continue, then do any of the following:
Note: You are asked to review only content you can make changes to.
Review and remove devices connected to your Apple ID.
Review and update phone numbers used to verify your identity.
Update your Apple ID password.
Add or update your emergency contacts.
Update your device passcode, or your Face ID or Touch ID information.
Review and remove synced computers. (iOS 17 or later only)
If you have iCloud+ and haven’t yet turned on Private Relay, you can do so now. (iOS 17 or later only)
Tap Done.
When you’ve finished, go to the next task to verify that you’ve stopped sharing.
Important: Review additional considerations when using Safety Check to learn about tips for protecting your private information beyond Safety Check.
Verify that you’ve stopped sharing
After using Safety Check, you can confirm that changes have been made. You can verify that sharing and information access has stopped. This has three steps:
Step 1: Verify that information sharing has stopped with all people and information shared to people has been stopped.
Step 2: Verify that sharing has stopped for apps.
Step 3: Verify any account changes you made:
Devices connected to your Apple ID.
Phone numbers used to verify your identity.
Emergency contacts you added or changed.
Synced computers you removed.
View additional considerations when using Safety Check
In some cases, you may also be sharing information that Safety Check can’t review or change — for example, accounts and passwords, social media sharing, any device that you’re signed in to on a different iCloud account, or an iPad or Mac with information-sharing settings turned on for other apps. See Additional considerations when using Safety Check.