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If location data is not available, there are several possible reasons why. What if the location says “Not Available”? The downside to this approach is it only works with people sharing locations (through Find My or Messages) and it will not work with a device, like an AirTag, iPhone, Mac, iPad, or other. The Messages approach offers refresh, which works to refresh the Find My location immediately. Sometimes you need to tap the refresh button several times to have the Find My location actually update.

Tap on the circle refresh button in the upper right corner to refresh the Find My location of this person.

If the person is sharing their location with you, you’ll see a map here, so tap on that map.

Tap on the persons name then choose “Info”.

Open the Messages app and go to the message thread with the person you want to locate with Find My.

Interestingly, the Messages app includes a Refresh option for Find My, so if you’re using Find My to locate a person then you can easily refresh the data available on the Find My map – but only through Messages app. Refreshing Find My locations with Messages app However, you can still use Refresh for Find My with people by using the Messages app, which we’ll cover next. Older versions of the Find My app included a refresh button, where you were able to watch the location changing of a device or person rather quickly and tap to refresh at any time, but that is not available in current version of Find My.

Leave the Find My screen open for a minute or few and don’t let the display go to sleep, it should refresh automaticallyĪlternatively, you can force quit Find My app, then relaunch the app, select the object or person, and let the screen sit on the map again, it should update.

Open “Find My” and select the person or object you want to refresh the location for.

Instead of a refresh button, here’s how you can refresh location in Find My using iPhone: If you wish to refresh the person or things location in Find My, you’ll notice there currently is not a refresh button available. The Find My app allows you to see people and devices on a map, but sometimes the Find My location data is outdated or hasn’t been updated recently. Refreshing Find My locations via Find My app We’ll show you a few different ways to refresh the location of people and things using Find My from an iPhone or iPad. If you’re wondering how to refresh someones location, or force Find My to update, this may be helpful to you. Refreshing the Find My location can be necessary for many reasons, for example if you’re wanting to see the most up to date location for something like a lost iPhone, or a person who is traveling.