# How to know if someone is tracking your location

A direct, step-by-step checklist covering both app-based sharing and physical trackers.

Check three things: active location shares in apps you already use (Find My, Google Maps, Life360), your phone's location permission list for unfamiliar apps, and unknown-tracker alerts for AirTags or similar Bluetooth devices - both iPhone and Android now detect these automatically.


"Tracking" usually means one of two very different things: someone you know has an active, app-based location share with you, or an unknown physical tracker is nearby. Both are checkable.

## Check active app-based shares

Open Find My (People tab), Google Maps (profile → Location Sharing), and Life360 (Circle members) if you use them, and review exactly who has access. This covers the vast majority of real cases - an old share nobody remembered to end.

## Review location permissions

On iPhone: Settings → Privacy & Security → Location Services lists every app with access and how often it's used. On Android: Settings → Location → App location permissions. Revoke anything unfamiliar or unused.

## Check for unknown trackers

Apple and Google built a joint cross-platform standard for this: if an AirTag, Find My accessory, or similar Bluetooth tracker is separated from its owner and moving with you, [both iPhone and Android alert you automatically](https://support.apple.com/en-us/119874) - no separate app needed on iPhone; Android 6.0+ has it built in, and Apple also offers a free Tracker Detect app for Android as a manual scan option.

If you rely on location sharing yourself, [access notifications](/en/features/access-notifications) can help: when enabled, glancy alerts you to recorded accesses. Repeat views within the cooldown are grouped together.