How to disable Find iPhone remotely




The iPhone Find feature will help you find your lost Apple device, which is one of the very useful features when using iPhone. But when you sell your device or transfer it to another person and forget to turn it off, it will still be displayed when you log in to your iCloud account.

If you want to disable it when not holding the device, follow the instructions of IOSTips below this article, note that the device you want to turn off Find iPhone on that device, it must be powered off then the way This can be done, so if you give it to someone, call them and ask to turn off the power.

How to disable Find iPhone remotely

1. Disable Find iPhone on iCloud.com

Step 1: The first way to disable Find iPhone is that you can access the iCloud website in any browser on any device. Then visit the iCloud.com link on the search bar. Next, log in to your iCloud account.

Log in to iCloud

Step 2: After that, the device that is logged in to the iCloud account will display a message that requires a login with an Apple ID, click Allow and you will receive a 6-digit verification code.

Allow loginVerification code sent to

Enter the 6-digit authentication code into the iCloud login page. If you don't see the verification code, you can click You have not received the verification code for the system to resend.

Enter the authentication code

Next, there will be a browser notification message, if you feel confident about the browser, click on Trust to not need to enter the confirmation code the next time you log in.

Trust the browser to find iPhone

Once logged into iCloud, you will see familiar icons on iPhone and iPad. Click Find iPhone.

Find iPhone

Next, please login to your iCloud account, enter your password and click Login.

Log in to the Find iPhone app

In the list of devices you will see that there is a device that is green and has a black device, black devices are powered off, want to disable Find iPhone on that device, please click the x to do Delete device from the list. Then click Uninstall in the next table.

Find iPhone

2. Turn off Find iPhone on the phone

If you are using another Apple device like iPhone or iPad, you can use the Find iPhone app available on your other device. Below I will take the example of an iPhone.

Step 1: Open the Find iPhone app and log in to your iCloud account, like how to disable iPhone with iCloud.com above.

Find iPhoneLogin app Find iPhone

Step 2: Next you will see the Find iPhone access message to your location, click Allow, followed by the list of your device is turned on and there will be power off devices that you want to exit. Just swipe the device you want to exit to the left and press delete.

Allow Find iPhone access to locationDelete device

The Find iPhone is a convenient feature when you want to find your device again, but when you transfer your device to another person, please exit Find iPhone. There are many users who do not pay attention to this feature and only exit the iCloud account from their device.

So if you unfortunately forget, follow one of two ways to disable Remote iPhone Find above. As mentioned, the Find iPhone feature will help you find your device again, so if you forget your Apple device on a ride, or unfortunately robbed, stolen your device, can find the iPhone / My iPad is in the article Find iPhone, iPad lost by Find My iPhone.

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