WhatsApp

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Using Live Location

The Live Location feature allows you to share your real-time location for a specific amount of time. You can choose to share your live location with the participants of an individual or group chat. In your phone's Settings under privacy, tap location > turn on Location services. Then turn on WhatsApp.
You can control whether and how long to share your live location. You can also stop sharing your live location at any time.
Once stopped or expired, your live location will no longer be shared. However, participants in the chat who you shared your live location with will continue to see the initial live location you shared. This will appear as a static grayed-out image within the chat.
This feature is end-to-end encrypted, which means no one can see your live location except the people you shared with. To learn more about your security on WhatsApp, please visit WhatsApp Security. You can also read our Privacy Policy for more information on WhatsApp's privacy practices.

To share your live location

1. Open a chat.
2. Tap the paper clip icon > Location > share live location.
3. Select the length of time you'd like to share your live location. Your live location will stop being shared after the selected amount of time.
4. Tap the send icon.

To stop sharing your live location

To stop sharing your live location in a specific chat

1. Open the chat.
2. Tap stop sharing > stop.

To stop sharing your live location for all chats

1. Open WhatsApp and tap More > settings > account > privacy.
2. Under Live location, tap Sharing in {number of chats}.
3. Tap stop sharing > stop.

Note: You can turn off location permissions at any time by going to your phone's Settings. Under privacy, tap location > turn off WhatsApp. Then turn off Location services.