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illustration of an iPhone previewing the Find My iPhone screen with toggles to turn it off in a green gradient background

How to Turn Off Find My iPhone

Kanika Gogia
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You can turn off Find My on your iPhone if you're planning to sell or give away your older iPhone. When you turn off Find My iPhone, it will remove your iPhone from the list of devices associated with your Apple ID account and prevent this iPhone's new owner from accessing your location and other information. You can easily disable Find My iPhone directly on your iPhone, but you can also do it from other Apple Devices or via a web browser on a desktop.
hand holding iPhone showing the Require Face ID prompt for an app on the home screen to hide it on iOS

How to Hide Apps on iPhone

Ajaay Srinivasan
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Apple offers a native way to hide apps on an iPhone. From the home screen, just long-press the app you wish to hide and choose Require Face ID. Now, tap on Hide and Require Face ID to hide the app on your iPhone. Your app will be moved to the Hidden folder in the App Library. In case you're running iOS 17 or older version, read on to learn about some clever tricks to keep your private apps under wraps.