{"id":3762,"date":"2018-03-08T17:41:07","date_gmt":"2018-03-08T17:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swopsmart.com\/blog\/?p=3762"},"modified":"2019-03-11T13:59:37","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T13:59:37","slug":"how-to-disable-find-my-iphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swopsmart.com\/blog\/how-to-disable-find-my-iphone\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Disable Find My iPhone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Selling your iPhone? Make sure Find My iPhone feature is disabled!<\/p>\n<p>The Find My iPhone\u00a0feature was developed for\u00a0your protection in case your iPhone gets lost or stolen. Because of it&#8217;s strong security, its impossible to get into the phone while this service is enabled.<\/p>\n<p>Once this\u00a0feature is activated, the device gets linked\u00a0to the owners Apple ID account. The owner can then log in to iCloud.com where they can track their lost or stolen device. Once logged in, the owner\u00a0will be able to locate the device, lock the device, wipe all user data and even send messages to the iPhone.<\/p>\n<p>Find My iPhone cannot be disabled without the owners apple id account email and password. Because of this, turning of the find my iPhone before you sell your device is a must!<\/p>\n<h3>Disable Find My iPhone -From iPhone<\/h3>\n<p><div class=\"number_icon\"><span>Step 1<\/span><\/div><br \/>\nTurn on your iPhone<\/p>\n<div class=\"number_icon\"><span>Step 2<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Click on <strong>Settings<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3829\" src=\"https:\/\/www.swopsmart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/fmi-1.png\" alt=\"find my iphone 1\" width=\"230\" height=\"409\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\r\n\t<div id=\"ads\" style=\"width: 100%;margin:1rem 0\">\r\n\t<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2784104419425844\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1008241401\"><\/ins>\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t\n<div class=\"number_icon\"><span>Step 3<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Scroll down and click on <strong>iCloud<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3830\" src=\"https:\/\/www.swopsmart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/fmi-2.png\" alt=\"find my iphone 2\" width=\"230\" height=\"409\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"number_icon\"><span>Step 4<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Click on <strong>Find My Iphone<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3831\" src=\"https:\/\/www.swopsmart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/fmi-3.png\" alt=\"find my iphone 3\" width=\"230\" height=\"409\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"number_icon\"><span>Step 5<\/span><\/div>\n<p><strong>Toggle<\/strong> the option to the\u00a0left<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3832\" src=\"https:\/\/www.swopsmart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/fmi-4.png\" alt=\"find my iphone 4\" width=\"230\" height=\"409\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"number_icon\"><span>Step 6<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Enter your <strong>password<\/strong> and click <strong>Turn\u00a0Off<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3833\" src=\"https:\/\/www.swopsmart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/fmi-5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"409\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"number_icon\"><span>Step 7<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Make sure the option is now <strong>disabled<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3834\" src=\"https:\/\/www.swopsmart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/fmi-6.png\" alt=\"find my iphone 6\" width=\"230\" height=\"409\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"number_icon\"><span>Step 8<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Make sure <strong>Find My iPhone<\/strong> is\u00a0<strong>off<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3835\" src=\"https:\/\/www.swopsmart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/fmi-7.png\" alt=\"find my iphone off\" width=\"230\" height=\"409\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re done!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"method_separation\"><span>Second Method<\/span><\/div>\n<h3><strong>Disable Find My iPhone &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>From\u00a0iCloud.com<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"number_icon\"><span>Step 1<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Go to <strong>iCloud.com<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"number_icon\"><span>Step 2<\/span><\/div>\n<p><strong>Log in<\/strong> to your iCloud account<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3836\" src=\"https:\/\/www.swopsmart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/fmi-10.jpg\" alt=\"find my iphone 10\" width=\"380\" height=\"316\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\r\n\t<div id=\"ads\" style=\"width: 100%;margin:1rem 0\">\r\n\t<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2784104419425844\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1008241401\"><\/ins>\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t\n<div class=\"number_icon\"><span>Step 3<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Click on <strong>Settings<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3837\" src=\"https:\/\/www.swopsmart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/fmi-11.jpg\" alt=\"find my iphone 11\" width=\"380\" height=\"316\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"number_icon\"><span>Step 4<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Select <strong>device<\/strong> you would like to remove<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3838\" src=\"https:\/\/www.swopsmart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/fmi-12.jpg\" alt=\"2\" width=\"380\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"number_icon\"><span>Step 5<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Click on the <strong>X<\/strong> sign<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3839\" src=\"https:\/\/www.swopsmart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/fmi-13.jpg\" alt=\"find my iphone 13\" width=\"380\" height=\"301\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"number_icon\"><span>Step 6<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Click on <strong>Remove<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3840\" src=\"https:\/\/www.swopsmart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/fmi-14.jpg\" alt=\"find my iphone 14\" width=\"380\" height=\"299\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"number_icon\"><span>Step 7<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Click on <strong>Done<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3841\" src=\"https:\/\/www.swopsmart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/fmi-15.jpg\" alt=\"find my iphone 15\" width=\"380\" height=\"302\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re done!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Find My iPhone is now off on the selected device.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<iframe title=\"youtube video\" src=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZVyIx4SLoGo\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" 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Once this\u00a0feature is activated, the device gets linked\u00a0to the owners Apple [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3820,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[520,1980],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swopsmart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3762"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swopsmart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swopsmart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swopsmart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swopsmart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3762"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.swopsmart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3762\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5972,"href":"https:\/\/www.swopsmart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3762\/revisions\/5972"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swopsmart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swopsmart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swopsmart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swopsmart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}