Detecting unwanted trackers (2024)

Follow these steps to find the item:

1. Tap the alert.

2. Tap continue and then tap Play Sound, or, if you available, tap Find Nearby to use Precision Finding to help you locate the unknown item.

   

If the option to play a sound isn’t available or if you’re unable to locate the item with Precision Finding, the item may not be near you anymore. If you believe the item is still with you, look through your belongings to try to locate it. Check on your person, or in anything in your possession that could contain this device. It could be in an item that you don’t check often, like a jacket pocket, the outer compartment of a bag, or your vehicle. If you can’t find the device and if you feel your safety is at risk, go to a safe public location and contact law enforcement.

1. Do one of the following:

   • On your iPhone or iPad: Open the Find My app , then tap Items, then tap Items Detected With You.

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   • On your Mac: Open the Find My app , click Items, then click Items Detected With You.

To learn more, see the Apple Support article What to do if you get an alert that an AirTag, Find My network accessory, or set of AirPods is with you.

Follow these steps to get information about it:

1. Hold the top of your iPhone or near the item until a notification appears.

2. Tap the notification. This opens a website that provides information about the item, including:

   • Serial number or device ID

   • Last four digits of the phone number or an obfuscated email address of the person who registered it. This can help you identify the owner, if you know them.

3. If the owner marked the item as lost, you might see a message with information about how to contact the owner.

1. Take a screenshot of the item and owner information for your records.

2. Disable the device and stop it from sharing it’s location by tapping Instructions to Disable and following the on screen steps.

3. If you feel your safety is at risk, contact your local law enforcement. If the item is an Apple product, law enforcement can work with Apple to request information related to the item. You might need to provide the AirTag, AirPods, Find My network accessory, and the device’s serial number.

After the item is disabled, the owner can no longer get updates on its current location. You will also no longer receive any unwanted tracking alerts for this item.

Item Sharing allows AirTag owners to share the item with up to five people at a time. Borrowers can:

• See the location of the AirTag in Find My

• Use Precision Finding to locate the AirTag

• Play a sound if the AirTag is lost

• Be notified when someone new has joined the sharing group

• See each member of the sharing group’s Apple ID or Contact Information if the other member is saved to their Contacts

Note: Borrowers can’t see which borrower has the AirTag

Because everyone in the sharing group can see the location of the AirTag, unwanted tracking alerts for that AirTag are suppressed for all sharing group members. When someone leaves the sharing group or when the item owner removes them from the group, they’re unable to view the location of the AirTag, and unwanted tracking alerts resume.

To learn more, see Share an AirTag or other item in Find My on iPhone in the iPhone User Guide.

Note: After you remove yourself, you can’t see the location of the AirTag, and unwanted tracking alerts resume. You may want to see if the AirTag is near you before removing yourself from the share.

1. Go to Settings > Privacy & Security > Safety Check.

2. Tap Manage Sharing & Access.

3. Tap Items > Stop Sharing.

Note: After you remove yourself, you can’t see the location of the AirTag, and unwanted tracking alerts resume. You may want to see if the AirTag is near you before removing yourself from the share.

1. Open the Find My app .

2. Tap Items, and tap the item you’d like to remove yourself from.

3. Tap Remove.

1. Tap Settings > Privacy & Security > Safety Check.

2. Tap Manage Sharing & Access > Continue.

3. Tap the name of the person whom you’d like to stop sharing with, then tap Review Sharing.

4. Tap Items, and tap Stop Sharing.

1. Open the Find My app .

2. Tap Items, then tap the Item name.

3. Tap the name of the sharee whom you’d like to remove.

4. Tap Remove > Stop Sharing.