Is the “Share My Location” option on your Apple iPhone or iPad grayed out? Here are a few things you can check if you have this problem.
Fix 1 – Ensure iCloud is Enabled
The “Share My Location” option will only light up if you sync with iCloud. Go to “Settings” > “iCloud” and login with your Apple account.
Fix 2 – Ensure Restrictions are Not Enabled
- From the Home screen, select “Settings“.
- Choose “General“.
- Select “Restrictions“.
- Type the PIN that is set on your device. If you don’t know what the PIN is, check with others who have had access to the device to see if they set one.
- Select “Location Services“.
- Ensure that “Allow Changes” is enabled.
- Select “Share My Location” and ensure that it is set to “On” (green).
I had to disable restrictions and then enable them in order for it to reset and not be greyed out again
Hi Ron, I found a solution for iOS 9.3.5, may be it’s still useful to you.
goto settings > general > restrictions (turn it on if it’s off)
check if changes for are allowed, if not change it
leave restrictions, turn them off again if you like
go back to settings > privacy > location services …
It appears that regardless of whether restrictions are used or not, that setting prevails.
(please don’t misuse my email address)
I have the same problem. I have tried all of the solution everyone has suggested on the internet and nothing. It still is greyed out. When I attempt to share my location it says I am already sharing my location. But I have deleted that other devices. Complete erased it but before I even unshared my location. PLEASE HELP
Same here. Tried all that and everything in btwn
I’m having the exact same problem and my girlfriend is going to kill soon. Someone please help!
Having same issue as ron..i enabled/allowed changes to location services,as well as, share my location and still the share my location is greyed out and inaccessible..even tried to disable the restrictions and still inaccessible. Any tips would be appreciated.
excellent, thank you … it was gray, mean disabled, now it is enabled… the most important is Ensure that “Allow Changes” is enabled.
thanks once more, i need a few hours to discover this solution :)
just go to settings>general> restriction. go ahead and Enable restrictions (you will have to create a pin). then scroll down the restrictions page and open anything that has a symbol for a little padlock next to it. Change setting on these items to “allow changes”. you should be all set.
I followed these directions exactly. When I get to “share my location” it is gray and I can’t turn button to green