It is very easy to detect your location with the help of your iPhone, the New York Times has conducted research and has found that your phone keeps a track of your location it gets updated more than 10,000 times per day and that too with such accuracy you can never think of.

If you are concerned about your privacy, you can also hide your location by simply following the steps below. There are many ways to hide your location and some of them are Mentioned below.

Turn Off Share My Location

Simply Toggling off your Location Service might be one of the easiest methods to hide your location on your iPhone. However, there are a few things you need to take into consideration which will be listed below.

Step 1- Once you open the Settings App on your iPhone, Tap on the Privacy option.

Step 2- Search for Location Services under the Privacy tab and tap on it.

Step 3 -Tap on the Share My Location option to view your status.

Step 4 – Toggle to turn it off once you find the Share button under the My Location.

However, there are a few things that you need to keep in Mind.

• Even if you have turned off Share My Location, there are a few apps that will still be able to locate your location by using the Cellular Network of your iPhone.
• This feature is only on iPhone devices with iOs 8 or above.

Turn on Airplane Mode

This might be the easiest way to hide your location on your iPhone, it might not be the best way but might fit under a few situations.

Step 1 – On the Home screen of your iPhone swipe up to launch Control Center.

Step 2 – You would see multiple options including the Airplane icon, tap on it to turn it on.

The Airplane icon will change its color indicating if it’s been turned on or not. With just a tap your location is now hidden but there are a few things you need to keep in Mind.

• You cannot use the Cellular Data of your iPhone once you turn on Airplane Mode.
• Once you turn on Airplane Mode, Bluetooth will also be disabled but can, later on, turn it on on your iPhone.

Turning on Airplane Mode is the easiest way to hide your location but it disables a few services which might not be helpful in a few situations, so this is likely to be the best option you can do.

Hide your Location using System Services

Very few people are aware that iOS stores location and keeps a track of your location, However you can use System Services to delete or edit location entries. To hide your location on your iPhone through the System services app, follow the steps listed below.

Step 1 – Open Settings App and Tap on the Privacy option.

Step 2 – Search for Location Services and look for System Services to edit your settings.

Step 3 – There would appear a couple of options that can be edited. You can choose what you want to hide and just toggle it off. Also, if you want to completely terminate the location access, head to Significant Locations and toggle it off. Moreover, you can also Clear History by tapping on that button.

Use VPN to Hide your Location

You can easily hide your location by simply installing VPN (Virtual Private Network). iPhones transfer data that it receives over a public network, so with the help of a VPN, you will not connect to any public network.

All you need to do is get a VPN app over your iPhone. We recommend you install Express VPN; you need to follow the steps listed below.

Step 1 – After installing the VPN on your iPhone, iOS will ask for permission, tap on Allow button and it will configure automatically.

Step 2 – Once done head to Settings on your iPhone and tap on General options look for the VPN option and toggle it on.

If have installed multiple VPN apps, select the one which you want to use to hide your location.

Hide your location by using the Location Services Option

iPhones come up with various features and security options and that might be the sole reason why Apple is so popular and is a choice of millions of people. It also has a feature to hide the location of your iPhone by using the Location Service Option. Below are steps you can follow to do so.

Step 1 – Launch the Settings app and head to Privacy and select Location Service.

Step 2 – You can simply turn off Location Services by tapping directly on it, which will lead to cutting off all access to the location from the apps.

And this is it, with just a few taps you have cut off access to your location to all the apps. However, it is not that every app requires your location but iOS sometimes does, so you can simply choose those apps to which you don’t want to give access of the same.

Disable Location Sharing on Find My App

You would come across many people who take ages to get ready and always are late, are not punctual, and have the audacity of telling lies that they have left their house, Find My App is the perfect app to detect these lies as you can get access of location of your friend with a single tap.

Find My App comes in handy in many similar situations but it comes with a price, i.e your privacy so you will have to disable your location access to your iPhone to protect your privacy. Below are the steps to disable your location sharing on Find My Friends App

Step 1 – Launch the Find My App on your iPhone ( It was named as Find My Friends App on older versions)

Step 2 – Open the Me option which appears at the bottom side of your screen that will lead you to profile settings in the app, look for the Share My Location option on the menu.

Step 3 – Your current status would appear which can easily be turned on or off with just one tap.

Also, if you don’t want few people to know your location you can do that too, by heading on to the People option and selecting any contact from your contacts and just by tapping on the Don’t Share or Stop Sharing My Location button, you will hide of your location from that specific contact without letting them know.

Hide Location by using the iMyFone AnyTo Tool

The iMyFone AnyTo tool is used to change the location of their iPhone and is trusted by many people. This creates a virtual location and makes your iPhone and Apps believe that your iPhone is located in a different location. All you need to do is follow the steps mentioned below to set up the iMyFone AnyTo Tool.

Step 1 – Get the iMyFone AnyTo Tool on your Mac or on your Windows PC from its official website and launch it once you are done with the installation process.

Step 2 – Make sure you connect your iPhone to your Mac or PC with a USB cord and tap on Trust This Device.

Step 3 – Select the Teleport option which will be located at the upper right side of your screen, and choose a location you want to move to. Once the location is selected click on the Move button.

When you are done, you have successfully changed the location of your iPhone or any iOS device using the iMyFone AnyTo Tool.