How to Leave and Remove Yourself From a Circle in Life360 Tracking App (2024)

Life360 is a popular family tracking app that allows users to share their locations with family and friends. It creates private groups called “Circles” where members can view each other’s locations in real-time.

While Life360 provides peace of mind to many families, some users eventually decide they no longer wish to share their location data. Fortunately, the app makes it easy to leave a Circle.

Why You Might Want To Leave a Life360 Circle

There are a few common reasons why someone might no longer want to participate in a Life360 Circle:

• Privacy concerns – As teens and young adults gain more independence, constant location tracking can feel invasive. They may want more privacy in their daily activities.
• Limiting functionality – Life360’s features like location history, place alerts, and driving insights require continual location tracking. Some may feel this functionality comes at the cost of personal freedom.
• Stalkers and abuse – In rare cases, Life360 Circles can unfortunately facilitate stalking, harassment, and abuse. Someone feeling unsafe has every right to exit the Circle.
• Relationship changes – If you’ve joined the Circle of a significant other and you break up, you won’t want them accessing your location data indefinitely.

No matter the reason, Life360 makes it simple to leave a Circle while retaining full control over your account and location data.

How to Officially Leave a Life360 Circle

Leaving a Life360 Circle through the app is straightforward:

1. Open the Life360 app and tap the Settings icon in the top left.
2. Select Circle Switcher at the top of the screen.
3. Choose the specific Circle you wish to leave.
4. Tap Circle Management.
5. Select Leave Circle at the very bottom.
6. Confirm you want to leave the Circle.

Once you leave, your name and location will instantly disappear from the Circle members’ maps. You maintain full access to your Life360 account.

If you created the Circle, first reassign the Admin role to another trusted member. This ensures the Circle continues functioning after you depart.

Alternative Method: Temporarily Pausing Location Sharing

If you don’t want Circle members to receive notifications when you exit, consider temporarily pausing location sharing instead:

1. Open Life360 and choose the Circle.
2. Navigate to Location Sharing in the app’s menu.
3. Turn the location sharing toggle Off.

This makes your icon disappear from the Circle map. However, it alerts other members that “Location sharing paused” rather than you permanently leaving. It’s less transparent but grants some privacy without cutting ties.

Deleting Your Life360 Account

If you wish to permanently stop using Life360, deleting your account is simple:

1. Tap your profile icon in the app.
2. Choose Account Management.
3. Select Delete Account.
4. Enter your account password when prompted.

Once confirmed, Life360 wipes all your data from their systems and you stop sharing your location with any Circles. This is an irreversible, permanent account deletion.

Tips When Leaving a Life360 Circle

• If you’re the Admin, assign another trusted member as Admin first so the Circle continues functioning.
• When you leave a Circle, your location disappears instantly without warning Circle members. For transparency, inform them through another channel that you’ve left.
• Circles you’ve exited continue operating normally without you as a member. You won’t receive invites to rejoin the Circle unless the Admin sends a new invite.
• Leaving a Circle does not cancel your Life360 membership. Manage subscriptions separately in your mobile device’s app store settings.
• If you don’t want to fully delete your Life360 account, simply remove yourself from any active Circles and pause location sharing. You can always reactivate location tracking later if desired.

The Bottom Line

Life360 makes it easy to leave a Circle if you decide the constant location tracking and sharing no longer suits your needs or you feel uncomfortable. Just navigate to Circle Management and select “Leave Circle.”

You can always temporarily pause location sharing if you still wish to participate in Life360 features with a particular Circle. And deleting your account entirely ensures you stop sharing your location data with all Circles.

Hopefully this guide provides everything you need to know to exit a Life360 Circle with confidence. Let family members know through a separate channel once you leave so everyone stays on the same page.

About the Author

As a writer specializing in technology and digital privacy, I have researched Life360 extensively and used the app personally for several years. I have experience with both joining and leaving Life360 Circles for various reasons. Please feel free to contact me with any additional questions!