Get separation alerts if you leave your AirPods behind
When the Find My network is on, you can use the Find My app to set alerts to warn you if you’ve left your AirPods 3, AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation, AirPods Pro (all generations), or AirPods Max behind. You can set trusted locations, like your home, and receive notifications on your iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Apple Watch when you leave your AirPods anywhere else.
Turn on separation alerts on iPhone or iPad
Go to the Find My app
, tap Devices, then tap the name of your AirPods.Below Notifications, tap Notify When Left Behind.
Turn on Notify When Left Behind, then follow the onscreen directions.
To add a trusted location, choose a suggested location, or tap New Location, select a location on the map, then tap Done.
Tap Done.
Important: If you want to receive separation alerts, make sure you allow notifications for the Find My app. See View and respond to notifications in the iPhone User Guide, or View and respond to notifications in the iPad User Guide.
Turn on separation alerts on Apple Watch
Go to the Find Devices app
, then tap the name of your AirPods.Scroll up, then tap Notify When Left Behind.
Turn on Notify When Left Behind.
Turn on separation alerts on Mac
Go to the Find My app
, then click Devices.Click your AirPods, then click
.Below Notifications, click Notify When Left Behind.
Turn on Notify When Left Behind, then follow the onscreen directions.
To add a trusted location, choose a suggested location, or click New Location, select a location on the map, then click Done.
Click Done.