Share locations with family members and locate their lost devices on iPhone
With Family Sharing, you can share your location with members of your Family Sharing group and help them find lost devices. When the family organizer sets up location sharing in Family Sharing settings, the organizer’s location is automatically shared with everyone in the family. Then, family members can choose whether or not to share their location.
Share your location with family members
When you share locations with your family, they can see your location in Find My. You can also get notified when family members change their locations—for example, if a child leaves school during school hours.
Note: To share your location, you must have Location Services turned on in Settings > Privacy. See Control the location information you share on iPhone.
Go to Settings > [your name] > Family Sharing > Location Sharing, then turn on Share My Location.
If your iPhone isn’t currently sharing your location, tap Use This iPhone as My Location.
Tap the name of a family member you want to share your location with, then tap Share My Location.
You can repeat this step for each family member you want to share your location with. Each family member receives a message that you’re sharing your location and can choose to share their location with you.
To stop sharing your location with a family member, tap the name of the family member, then tap Stop Sharing My Location.
Locate a family member’s device
After you share your location with members of your Family Sharing group, they can help locate a missing device that you added to the Find My app.
See Locate a device in Find My on iPhone.
Your devices are at the top of the list, and your family members’ devices are below yours.

You can also use Find My iPhone on iCloud.com to locate a family member’s missing device. See Locate a device in Find My iPhone on iCloud.com in the iCloud User Guide.