The holidays are approaching, which means it's time to give yourself some… iPhone Air or device from iPhone 17 line. But before you upgrade, Apple offers you turn off Find My on your old iPhone.
Apple Find mine The app can help you find your luggage in a busy airport, find missing luggage AirPods and make sure you know where all your devices are. Disabling Find My on your iPhone before giving it away disables it Activation Lock peculiarity. This feature can prevent someone else from using the device, which is useful if your iPhone is stolen or falls into the wrong hands. However, if you're giving your iPhone to a friend, Activation Lock may prevent them from using it. Luckily, you can disable Find My in just a few simple steps.
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Here's how to turn off Find My before upgrading to a new iPhone.
How to disable Find Me feature
1. Tap Settings on your iPhone.
2. Tap your name at the top of the menu.
3. Tap Find mine.
4. Tap Find my iPhone.
5. In the new menu, turn off Find my iPhone.
You can now give away your iPhone. However, if you have Stolen Device Protection enabled, you will not be able to disable Find Me. If you have Stolen Device Protection turned on, here's how to turn it off to turn off Find My.
1. Tap Settings on your iPhone.
2. Tap Face ID and Password. You may have to enter your password here to continue.
3. Tap Stolen Device Protection.
4. In the new menu, enable Stolen Device Protection.
After you turn off Stolen Device Protection, follow the steps above to turn off Find My. But before you give away your iPhone, be sure to delete all your personal information and factory reset your device, just in case. You don't want any information about your old iPhone to be spread everywhere.
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