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How to Turn Off Find My iPhone in iOS 9/10/11

How to turn off Find My iPhone in iOS 9/10/11? If you are looking for a solution to turn off Find My iPhone service with or without password in iOS 9/10/11, then check the following guide which will offer you all the detailed information of how to turn off Find My iPhone.

Updated Jul 20,2017 | by Niko

How to turn off Find My iPhone in iOS 9/10/11? If you are looking for a solution to turn off Find My iPhone service, then check the following guide which will offer you all the detailed information of how to turn off Find My iPhone.

Why Turn Off Find My iPhone

In some situations, you may need to turn off Find My iPhone service. For example, you will be required to turn off Find My iPhone when you restore your iPhone, or you are no longer use your iPhone and want to erase the content & settings, just like that.

This time, you may ask how do I turn off Find My iPhone. Now, come back to our topic – how to turn off Find My iPhone.

How to Turn Off Find My iPhone

In fact, there are 2 ways available to turn off Find My iPhone service. You are able to turn off Find My iPhone on your iOS device or Mac/PC. Now, follow these steps, and see how to turn off Find My iPhone.

1. How to turn off Find My iPhone on iPhone

*the steps are applicable to iPad and iPod touch as well

·         Go to Settings

·         Open your Apple account information

·         iCloud

·         Find My iPhone and enter Apple ID password to turn off Find My iPhone

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Some of you may ask how to turn off Find My iPhone without password. Basically, this can only happen on jailbreak iOS devices for earlier iOS systems like iOS 8. If you iPhone/iPad or iPod touch are running on iOS 9 or iOS 10, then you have to enter password to turn off Find My iPhone service. But iOS 9 and some iOS 10 system versions are no longer signed by Apple, so there is no chance to downgrade your system.

2. How to turn off Find My iPhone on computer

If you want to turn off Find My iPhone on computer, instead of your iOS devices, then you can take advantage of iCloud.com. Here is how to turn off Find My iPhone via iCloud.com.

·         Visit: www.icloud.com (you need to enter your Apple ID and password to login)

·         Open Settings

·         Find “My Devices”

·         choose the device you want to turn off Find My iPhone service

·         Click “X” to remove it

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In this way, you are not only turn off Find My iPhone service, but also turn off iCloud and all iCloud features on the device completely.

Now, you can choose a way to turn off Find My iPhone service. Learn more about Find My iPhone app by reading the following content.

Find My iPhone

Find-My-iPhone-Logo.pngFirstly, let’s figure out what is Find My iPhone. Offered by Apple, Find My App (also known Find My iPad, Find My iPod and Find My Mac specifically for different Apple devices) is a kind of service and app that allows remote location-tracking of iOS devices and Mac.

When Find My iPhone service is turned on, iCloud would help locate your missing devices. Even better, if your iPhone/iPad/iPod or Mac is ever stolen or lost, Apple Activation Lock can keep your information safe and makes it very hard for anyone to sell or use your device.


Related readings:

How To Set Up And Use "Find My iPhone"

How to Track your iPhone – Detailed Instructions to Find My iPhone App



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