Stay safe with AirTag and other Find My accessories
AirTag lets you easily track things like your keys, wallet, purse, backpack, luggage and more. If you find one that’s not yours, you can view its serial number, help return it to its owner or disable it. Use AirTag and the Find My network to discourage unwanted tracking on iPhone, iPad and Mac.
Both AirTag and the Find My network are designed with privacy at their core. AirTag and Find My network accessories have unique Bluetooth® identifiers that change frequently. To discourage unwanted tracking, Find My notifies you if an unknown AirTag or other Find My accessory is seen moving with you over time by sending you the message “[AirTag] or [Item] Detected Near You”. (This feature is available on iPhone or iPad, using iOS 14.5 or iPadOS 14.5, or later).
If you see the above message on your device, it means that an AirTag or other Find My accessory has been separated from the person who registered it and is now moving with you. It’s possible that the AirTag might be attached to an item you’re borrowing. It’s also possible that the owner might be tracking you without your knowledge.
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View AirTag and Find My Network accessories that you’ve been recently notified about
Do one of the following:
On your iPhone or iPad: Open the Find My app , tap Items, then tap Items Detected With You.
On your Mac: Open the Find My app , click Items, then click Items Detected With You.
If the option to play a sound isn’t available, the item might not be with you anymore, might be near its owner, or, if it was with you overnight, its identifier might have changed. To disable the AirTag, AirPods or Find My network accessory and stop it from sharing its location, tap Instructions to Disable and follow the on-screen steps. After the AirTag, AirPods or Find My network accessory is disabled, the owner can no longer get updates on its current location. You also no longer receive any unwanted tracking alerts for this item.
To learn more, see the Apple Support article What to do if you get an alert that an AirTag, Find My network accessory or set of AirPods is with you.
Check for AirTags using an Android device
You can check for nearby AirTag or Find My network accessories using the Tracker Detect app from the Google Play Store. Tracker Detect looks for item trackers within Bluetooth range that are separated from their owner and that are compatible with Apple’s Find My network. These include AirTag and compatible item trackers that use the Find My network. If you think someone is using an AirTag or another item tracker to track your location, you can scan to try to find it. If the app detects an AirTag or compatible item tracker near you for at least 10 minutes, you can play a sound to help locate it.
If you hear an AirTag make a sound
When moved, any AirTag separated for a period of time from the person who registered it makes a sound to alert those nearby. If you find an AirTag after hearing it make a sound, you can use any device that has Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, such as an iPhone or Android phone, to see if its owner marked it as lost and help return it. If you feel your safety is at risk, you can contact your local law enforcement, who can work with Apple. You might need to provide the AirTag or its serial number.
Item sharing
AirTag Item Sharing allows you to share AirTags with other people who want to borrow your item. Borrowers can see the location of the AirTag in Find My, use Precision Finding to locate the AirTag and play a sound. Item owners can share AirTags with up to five people per item and all borrowers can see the AirTag’s location, but no one in the sharing group can see which borrower has the AirTag.
When a new person is added to the sharing group, all borrowers are notified that someone new has joined. Every member of the sharing group can see each other’s Apple ID in Find My, and when other group members have been saved as Contacts, they can see any additional information that exists in that person’s Contact card, such as their phone number.
Because everyone in the sharing group can see the location of the AirTag, unwanted tracking alerts for that AirTag are suppressed for all sharing group members. When someone leaves the sharing group, or when the item owner removes them from the group, they can no longer view the location of the AirTag, and unwanted tracking alerts resume.
To learn more, see Share an AirTag or other item in Find My on iPhone in the iPhone User Guide.
Remove yourself from a Sharing Group
If you’d like to remove yourself from a sharing group, you can use Find My or Safety Check. Keep in mind that after you remove yourself as a sharee, you can’t see the location of the AirTag and unwanted tracking alerts will resume. You may want to see if the AirTag is near you before removing yourself from the share.
Do one of the following:
To remove yourself using Find My: Open the Find My app , tap Items, tap the item you’d like to remove yourself from, then tap Remove.
To remove yourself using Safety Check: Go to Settings > Privacy & Security > Safety Check, tap Manage Sharing & Access, tap Items, then tap Stop Sharing.
Remove others from a share
As an owner, you can remove other people from a sharing group using Find My or Safety Check.
Do one of the following:
To remove yourself using Find My: Open the Find My app , tap Items, tap the item name, tap the name of the sharee whom you’d like to remove, then tap Remove > Stop Sharing.
To remove yourself using Safety Check: Go to Settings > Privacy & Security > Safety Check, tap Manage Sharing & Access, tap Continue, tap the name of the person whom you’d like to stop sharing with > Review Sharing, tap Items, then tap Stop Sharing.