To pause or freeze your location on Find My iPhone, you have several effective methods:

How to Pause Location on Find My iPhone

1. Turn Off Location Services Entirely

• Go to Settings > Privacy > Location Services.
• Toggle Location Services off.
• Confirm by tapping Turn Off when prompted.
  This disables location for all apps, including Find My iPhone, but others will see that location sharing is turned off when they check your location

2. Stop Sharing Location with Specific People

• Open the Find My app.
• Go to the People tab.
• Select the person you want to stop sharing your location with.
• Tap Stop Sharing My Location.
  This prevents that person from seeing your location without notifying them explicitly

3. Use Airplane Mode

• Enable Airplane Mode from Control Center or Settings.
  This cuts off all network connections, effectively pausing location updates, but disables calls, messages, and internet access

4. Use Third-Party Location Changer Apps

• Apps like Ultfone Location Changer allow you to spoof or freeze your location without turning off location services.
• Connect your iPhone to the app and select a fake location to appear on Find My iPhone.
  This method can pause location sharing without alerting others, but requires installing third-party software

Additional Notes

• There is no built-in way to "pause" location so it shows a frozen timestamp (like "1 hour ago") without showing "Location not found" or disabling location entirely

• Turning off "Share My Location" in Settings > [your name] > Find My > Share My Location also stops location sharing but notifies others when you turn it back on

Summary

Method| Effect| Notifies Others?
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Turn off Location Services| Stops all location tracking| Yes, they see location is off
Stop Sharing with Specific People| Stops location sharing with selected people| No notification
Airplane Mode| Pauses all connections and location updates| No direct notification
Third-Party Location Changer| Spoofs/freeze location without disabling| No notification

Choose the method based on whether you want to stop location sharing entirely or just pause it discreetly for certain people