How to disable Find My iPhone remotely

Find My iPhone 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 someone else and forget to turn it off, it will still be displayed when you sign in to your iCloud account.

If you want to disable it when you don’t take the device away, then follow Quantrimang’s instructions below this article, note that the device you want to turn off Find My iPhone on that device, it must be powered off, then the way below This is only possible, so if you have given it to someone to use, call them and ask to turn off the power.

How to disable Find My iPhone remotely

1. Disable Find My iPhone on iCloud.com

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

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

Write that 6-digit verification code in the iCloud login page. If you don’t see the verification code, you can click You did not receive the verification code to be sent back by the system.

Next, a browser trust message will appear, if you feel trusting that browser, then press Trust so that you don’t need to enter a confirmation code when you log in next time.

Once you’re signed in to iCloud, you’ll see familiar icons on your iPhone or iPad. Click Find My iPhone.

Next is required to log in to your iCloud account, enter the password and press Log in.

In the list of devices you will see there are blue devices and black devices, black devices are powered off, if you want to disable Find iPhone on that device, click the x to do so. remove the device from the list. Then press Removed in the next table is okay.

2. Turn off Find My iPhone on your phone

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

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

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

While Find My iPhone is a pretty handy feature when you want to find your device again, when you transfer your device to someone else, exit Find My iPhone. There are many users who do not pay attention to this feature and just exit the iCloud account from the device. If you also forget, follow one of the two ways to disable Find My iPhone remotely above.

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