Safety Check for an iPhone with iOS 16 or later

On your iPhone, go to Settings > Privacy & Security > Safety Check. (You may need to scroll down.)

Safety Check offers two ways to manage sharing, access, and account security:

• Emergency Reset: Immediate and universal reset of sharing for all people and apps.

• Manage Sharing & Access: Review and customize sharing and access for individual people and apps.

For specific details about what can be changed in Safety Check, see the Safety Check FAQ.

Use Emergency Reset to:

• Quickly stop sharing with all people and apps (see the Safety Check FAQ for specifics).

• Review your emergency contacts.

• Review devices connected to your Apple Account.

• Review phone numbers used to verify your identity.

• Change your Apple Account password and review device and account security.

• Tap Emergency Reset, then follow the onscreen instructions. Progress is saved as you go.

  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.

The Manage Sharing & Access option helps you review and manage information you’re sharing with people, the information that apps have access to, and update your device and Apple Account security. Follow these five steps:

1. Tap Manage Sharing & Access. (Your changes are saved as you go.)

2. To review and stop sharing information with other people, either:

   • 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. If certain Apple apps have been deleted, such as Fitness or Notes, you may need to redownload them to see what information you shared.

3. To review and stop sharing information with other apps, either:

   • 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.

     

4. Tap Continue, then do any of the following:

   • Review and remove devices connected to your Apple Account.

   • Review and update phone numbers used to verify your identity.

   • Update your Apple Account password.

   • Add or update your emergency contacts.

   • Update your device passcode, or your Face ID or Touch ID information.

   • If you have synced computers, you can review and remove them (iOS 17 or later only).

   • If you have computers with iPhone Mirroring set up, you can review and remove them (iOS 18 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).

5. Tap Done.

   

6. When you’ve finished, go to the next task to verify that you’ve stopped sharing.

    IMPORTANT: Review additional steps to learn about tips for protecting your private information beyond Safety Check.

After using Safety Check, you can confirm any changes you made to your sharing options using these 4 steps.

1. Tap the Back button (or you can quit and reopen Safety Check).

2. Verify that your intended changes have been made relating to the information you’re sharing with people.

   

3. Verify that your intended changes have been made relating to the information you’re sharing with apps.

   

4. Verify any account changes you made to:

   • Devices connected to your Apple Account.

   • Phone numbers used to verify your identity.

     

   • Emergency contacts you added or changed.

     

   • Synced computers you removed.