Trying to see someone’s location on your iPhone and boom what you saw is no location found. You got confused as to what it means especially if it occurs several times.
There you are asking what does it mean when it says no location found?
No location found simply means that the other person’s location services is turned off, not available or cannot be accessed.
As long as location services is not available or active, you can’t track someone on find my app.
It can be quite annoying trying to see a family member or a close friend location and boom what you saw is no location found. Going by the above explanation you will be like maybe his phone is switched off or her phone is offline, but the person did that on purpose.
In this article I will explain all you need to know on no location found on iphone, iPad or on the Apple watch.
What does no location found mean?
No location found means that the person’s location cannot be accessed due to the fact that location services or internet is not available or active on the person’s device.
Now the question is why do i keep on getting no location found while trying to track this my family member or friend, the answer is below.
Reasons for no location found on iphones
- Location services is disabled.
- Location sharing is disabled.
- No active internet on the recipient phone.
- The person’s phone is switched off.
Now let me explain them one after the other.
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1. Location services is disabled
One if the major causes of no location found on iphone or find my app is when location services is not active on a device and be it on iphone, iPad or the Apple watch.
However, most times when location services is turned off it will indicate on find my app that location services is not available or probably location services is off. This isn’t only if iphone is running on ios 15 and above.
For older versions it won’t show such but instead you will see no location found.
Asking what does it mean when it says no location found on iphone, iPad or the apple watch, it may be due to the fact that location services is disabled on the other person’s device.
2. Location sharing is disabled
This is another culprit of no location found on iphones or iPad.
Since ios 15.6 was released and if you have iphone 11 and above, if someone disabled it’s location sharing on it’s phone, it will indicate on share my app stating “Not sharing location. Online”.
Whenever you see this type of words on your find my app, kindly note that the person disabled it’s find my app.
Now if you are using an older iPhone you may not get able to see Not sharing location. Online” though am not quite sure. The truth is that if someone disables it’s location sharing, you are tends to see no location found while trying to track the person.
3. No active internet on the recipient phone
As find my app or track someone on iphone, iPad or the Apple watch requires an internet active internet connection, when it is not available you’re bond to see no location found while trying to see someone’s location.
The person you’re trying to track must have an active internet connection and you as well. No active internet connection simply means you can’t track someone.
So all you have to do is to wait for a while and see if you can be able track the person or probably not. Once you can track the person then it means the person’s device has an active internet.
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4. The person’s phone is switched off or offline
Asking what does no location found mean on iPhone, iPad, or the apple watch, it may mean that the recipient device is not active which make location services and map to be inactive as well.
There’s no possible means means to track someone if the person’s phone is switched off. It is not possible at because being switched off simply means shutting down all the functions and features of tracking someone.
This also goes if the device is offline and has no internet connection. Both location services and location sharing will not be active even when they are not disabled unless there is an active internet connection .
Talking about what does it mean when it says no location found, it simply means the person’s current location is not available due to location services not being active on the person’s device.
What does it say when someone turns off their location?
When someone turned off their location, it says location services off.
However, sometimes it will say no location found but I noticed that since ios 15.6 it no longer show no location found but rather it shows location services off.
If the person happens to be online or has an active internet connection on it’s device, it will show online, location services off.
Once you saw this while tracking someone on your Apple device, kindly note that the person disabled or turned off it’s location services. As long as location services is turned off on iphone, iPad, Apple watch or on your Mac computer, you cannot track the person on find my app or through iMessage.
It’s very common.
If someone doesn’t want you to know it’s current location the person will disable location services and location sharing and that’s it. You won’t be able to track the person irrespective of the fact that you are sharing location with the person.
How do you make your location Say No location found?
To make your location say no location found, simply turn off location services on your device and it will show no location found when someone is trying to track you.
This is only applicable if you are sharing location with the person.
To disable location services on your iPhone, follow these steps;
First you need to open the settings app on your device and scroll down to privacy and open it.
As you opened privacy, the first option you will see is location services and by default it will be turned on.
So you go ahead and open location services on your iPhone by tapping on the option just like shown on the picture below.
Immediately you opened location services on your phone, you will see another one which gives you the option to turn off or disable location services on your iPhone or iPad, etc.
Now you go ahead and disable it and which will be grey in color and not green. Below is a typical example of when you disable location services on your iPhone or Apple device.
Once you have disabled location services on your iPhone, iPad, or any other Apple device, no one will be able to track your current location using find my app.
Also if you don’t want to entirely disable location services on your device, kindly scroll down and you will see all apps that are using location services on your device.
What you have to do is to scroll down to Find my app and open it.
Now you will see where it states ” ALLOW LOCATION ACCESS”.
On the listed options are;
- Never
- Ask Next time or when i share
- While using the app
Kindly set it to NEVER.
Also make sure to disable Precise Location and you are good to go.
Another option to prevent someone you are sharing location with not to track you is to disable share my location.
To do so;
- Open the settings app and scroll down to privacy.
- Open privacy and tap on location services to open it.
- Right there you will see Share My Location.
- Open Share My Location and you will see the option to turn it off on your device.
- Go ahead and turn off the Share My Location button and that’s it.
Those you are sharing location will no longer be able to see your current location.
When someone blocks you does their location stop sharing?
The answer is yes. When someone blocks you on their phone immediately it will stop sharing the person’s location with you.
Both of you and the person that blocked you will receive a notification or a message on your iMessage that stating that you no longer share location with the person.
Beloe is a typical example of what you talking about.
One of the ways to know that someone blocked you on it’s iPhone or iPad is when you receive this type of message or notification on your iMessage.
This is possible only if you are sharing location with the person and to confirm it, send a text message to the person and if it doesn’t get delivered, then it is a strong indication.
Does no location found mean they stopped sharing?
The simple answer is no. No location doesn’t mean the stopped sharing because once someone stopped sharing location with you on their device, you will receive a notification about it on your iMessage.
On the contrary, if someone disable share my location or location services on it’s Apple device, you may see no location found while trying to track the person.
Generally, no location found usually occur when location services cannot be accessed because of no internet connection, poor location coverage, or probably location services is disabled.
Let me repeat this once again.
If someone stopped sharing his or her location with you on their Apple device, you will receive a message about it on your iMessage.
It is inevitable for you not to receive a message on your iMessage once someone stopped sharing their location with you.
Same goes to android users.
You will definitely receive a notification on your android phone about it. This is why instead of someone to stop sharing their location, they will disable location services and share my location on their device.
Though some may not care and go ahead to stop sharing their location.
Related Questions
What does no location found mean on find my friends?
No location found on find my friends simply means that location services cannot be accessed on find my friends.
What does no location found mean on iPhone?
No location found on iphone simply means that the other person’s location services is turned off or it’s phone is switched off.
Does no location found mean they stopped sharing location?
The answer is no. No location found doesn’t mean they stopped sharing their location with you but rather their location services cannot be accessed.
Lastly before I go, what does it mean when it says no location found? No location found means that the person’s location cannot be accessed due to the fact that location services or internet is not available on the person’s phone or device.
