How to Pause Your Location on Life360

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A quick guide on hiding your location in your Life360 Circles
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Life360 allows family members and close friends to monitor each other's location, but you may want to pause the app sometimes for your own privacy. This wikiHow article will teach you how to pause location tracking on Life360. Note that others in your Life360 Circle will be notified that your location is paused. For tips on how to pause Life360 without anyone knowing, check out this comprehensive wikiHow guide.

Things You Should Know

  • Navigate to Location Sharing within your Life360 Settings.
  • Select the Circle for which you want to pause your location using the drop-down menu atop the page.
  • Toggle the slider under "Your location sharing" so it is greyed out and set to the left.

Steps

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    Tap the Settings icon in the upper-left corner of your screen.
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    If you are in multiple Circles, you can use the drop-down menu atop the page to select the Circle for which you want to pause your location.
    • You cannot pause your location across all Life360 Circles with a single change to your Settings. You must manually pause your location in each Circle.
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    It will be greyed out and set to the left when disabled.
    • When viewing Life360, others in your Circle will see "Location Sharing Paused" next to your name.
    • You can still check in with your location at any time by pressing the Check In button.
      • You can then choose a nearby location or name a location to be shared with your Circle.
    • If you press the SOS button on Life360's homepage, it will update your location in every Circle even if location sharing is paused. [1]
    • Return to these Settings at any time to enable location sharing.
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      References

      1. ↑ https://support.life360.com/hc/en-us/articles/360046266853-Share-My-Location

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