Messenger’s live location is something you start: only the people in the chat where you share it can see it, and it turns off by itself after one hour — or sooner, when you stop it. The Facebook app gets your device’s location through Location Services, which you allow or refuse in your phone’s settings. Below: how to stop each, and the other places location shows up.
Open the chat, scroll to the message with your live location, tap View location, then Stop sharing location.
Choose Allow only while using app, Ask every time or Don’t allow.
Choose While using the app, Ask next time or Never. You can switch Location Services off for the whole device from the same screen.
If you want to share a place other than where you are now, send a pinned location rather than your live position.
Each session shows a location. Strange or suspicious login locations are a sign someone else is using your account — log those sessions out.
Sharing: only this chat sees your live position, for up to one hour.
| Where | Who sees it | How to stop it |
|---|---|---|
| Live location in a chat | Only the people in that chat | Stop sharing location, or it turns off after one hour |
| Pinned location | The people in that chat | It’s one place you choose — send it only when you mean to |
| Location Services for the Facebook app | The Facebook app, while you allow it | Don’t allow (Android) or Never (iPhone) |
| Your sessions list | You, in Where you’re logged in | Log out sessions you don’t recognise |
| A call between two people | Their device receives your IP address | Described only for two-person calls — see the calls guide |
Live location starts only when you tap Start sharing live location in a chat, and only the people in that chat can see it. It lasts 1 hour at most, and it isn’t available on computers. Location Services for Facebook exists only in the app on 3 kinds of device — iPhone, iPad and Android — and your device’s location permission controls when the app may access your location.
Meta uses limited information, like your location and IP address, to display your live location while you share it. Each session in Where you’re logged in also carries a location — shown to you, in your own settings. A site that asks for someone’s name or profile link to “find their location” isn’t part of any of these features.
Location Services for Facebook is only available in the Facebook app for iPhone, iPad and Android. Your phone decides: on Android you choose Allow only while using app, Ask every time or Don’t allow; on iPhone and iPad, While using the app, Ask next time or Never. Change it any time in the phone’s settings.
The sessions in Where you’re logged in each carry a date, time, location and device type. A place you’ve never been can mean someone else is logged in to your account — malicious software shows the same sign. Select the session and log it out, then change your password.
A call between two people shares your IP address with the other person’s device. What that means and how it works is in the guide to Messenger calls.
One hour. It turns off by itself, or you can stop sharing at any time.
Only the people in the chat where you shared it.
No. It’s available on Android, iPhone and iPad, not on computers.
In your phone’s settings: Don’t allow on Android, Never on iPhone and iPad.
It’s part of each session entry, with the date, time and device type — a quick way to spot a login that isn’t yours.
In a one-to-one call your IP address goes to the other person’s device, and Help says they may be able to discover it.