How to leave a Life360 Circle

Every step on this page comes from Life360's own help center, read on 7 November 2026 (linked next to each step). If your family wants to keep seeing each other after you leave Life360, the easiest way to share location between iPhone and Android every day is Warden (top pick); how that works is further down.

Leave a Life360 Circle: the steps

Life360's app looks the same on iPhone and Android, so these steps work on both, including Samsung Galaxy and Google Pixel phones. Per Life360's "Leave a Circle" page:

1. Open the Life360 app.
2. If you are in more than one Circle, tap the Circle Switcher at the top of the screen and pick the Circle you want to leave (Switching Circles).
3. Tap Settings in the upper left corner.
4. Tap Circle Management.
5. Tap Leave Circle.
6. Tap Yes.

That's it for that one Circle. If you are in several Circles (family, roommates, a school group), repeat the steps in each one you want to leave; leaving one does not touch the others.

If you are the Circle's Admin

Life360 requires at least one Admin in every Circle. Its help page says: "If you are the Admin, assign a new Admin before leaving a Circle. Otherwise, the app will automatically designate a new Circle Admin." To choose the new Admin yourself, per Change My Circle Admin:

1. Tap Settings in the upper left corner.
2. Tap Circle Management.
3. Tap Change Admin Status.
4. Tap the toggle next to the person who should become Admin.
5. Go back and leave the Circle as above.

Picking the Admin yourself matters in a family Circle: the Admin is the one who can remove members and edit or delete any of the Circle's Places, so hand it to the person who will actually manage the group.

What leaving does and doesn't do

The history point surprises people. Life360 keeps 2 days of history on the free plan, 7 days on Silver and 30 days on Gold and Platinum, according to that same help page, and says "there is no way to delete your history or driving events" short of deleting the whole account.

How to remove someone from a Life360 Circle

Only an Admin can remove a member, and the person is told. Life360's Remove a Circle Member page: "Only Admins can remove a Circle member, and Life360 will notify a member upon their removal."

1. Tap the Circle Switcher at the top of the screen.
2. Select the Circle you want to edit.
3. Tap Settings in the upper left corner.
4. Tap Circle Management.
5. Tap Delete Circle Members.
6. Tap the name of the member you want to remove.

Typical reasons: a babysitter's job ended, a roommate moved out, an adult child has their own Circle now. If you're not the Admin and want someone out, ask the Admin, or ask for Admin status.

If the person you remove used an Apple Watch with a managed account, that account is handled separately under Settings > Managed Members (Managed Members).

How to delete a Circle in Life360

On 7 November 2026, Life360's help center had no article for deleting a whole Circle; a search for "delete circle" returned the remove-member, leave and account pages instead. What the documented steps let an Admin do is remove members one by one (above) and then leave. We could not verify what Life360 does with a Circle once nobody is left in it, so we don't describe that here. If you need the Circle gone for a specific reason, Life360's support team is the source to ask.

If the goal is short-term sharing in the first place, Life360 has Temporary Circles that stop sharing on their own after 1 day, 3 days, 5 days, 1 week or 2 weeks.

How to leave Life360 completely

Leaving a Circle keeps your account, your history and any subscription. To be done with Life360, do these three things in this order.

1. Cancel the membership (if you pay)

Only the person who subscribed can cancel (Cancel My Membership). In the app: Settings > Account > Cancel Membership, choose a reason, then Yes, Confirm Cancellation; the app then hands you over to the store.

iPhone (iOS 26 and iOS 27): per Apple:

1. Open Settings and tap your name.
2. Tap Subscriptions.
3. Tap Life360.
4. Tap Cancel Subscription (scroll down if needed). If there is no Cancel button or you see an expiration message in red, it is already canceled.

Android (Samsung Galaxy, Google Pixel and others): per Google Play and Life360:

1. Open the Google Play app and tap your profile icon (top right). Check it's the right Google account.
2. Tap Payments & subscriptions > Subscriptions.
3. Tap Life360.
4. Tap Cancel subscription and follow the instructions. Monthly plans bought on Google Play can be paused instead with Pause payments (Life360).

Bought on Life360.com? Log in there and tap Manage Membership > Cancel Subscription. Life360 says it does not refund unused time; the membership runs until the paid period ends.

2. Delete your Life360 account

This is the only way Life360 documents to erase your history: "Deleting your account will permanently delete all history and driving events. This action cannot be undone." (Delete My Account)

1. Tap Settings.
2. Tap Account.
3. Tap Delete Account.
4. Select Yes, I confirm the above, then tap Continue.
5. Tap Send email. (No email on file? The app asks you to add one.)
6. Open the email from Life360 (check spam), tap the link and complete the Captcha.

The same option also sits in Settings > Privacy Center > Your Privacy Choices > Your Data Rights > Delete my account (Privacy Center).

3. Delete the app

• iPhone: touch and hold the Life360 icon, tap Remove App, then Delete App, then Delete (Apple).
• Android: uninstall it as you would any app; Google notes that uninstalling does not cancel a subscription (Google Play), which is why step 1 comes first.

Leave, pause or Bubble: which one you want

Troubleshooting

"I left, but I'm still being charged." Leaving doesn't cancel the membership. Cancel it in the store you paid through (steps above). If you don't see Cancel Membership in the app, Life360 says another Circle member may be the subscriber; only they can cancel.

"My family still sees me." You're probably in more than one Circle. Tap the Circle Switcher and leave (or pause in) each one.

"I'm the Admin and can't find how to hand it over." Use Settings > Circle Management > Change Admin Status before leaving. If you skip it, Life360 picks a new Admin.

"The deletion email never came." Check spam, and check the email address on your account. Without an email on file, the app asks you to add one first.

"I joined a new Circle and they can see my old trips." That's how Life360 documents history: it belongs to your account. Deleting the account is the only documented way to clear it.

"Leave Circle isn't there." Make sure you're in the right Circle via the Circle Switcher, and that the app is up to date. Life360's app refresh steps (log out, close the app, restart the phone, log back in) fix most display problems.

Warden (top pick): sharing you can leave cleanly

If you're leaving Life360 but still want your people on one map, Warden is built so that leaving, pausing and stopping are ordinary, visible actions:

1. Install Warden. One person starts a circle and shares the invite code.
2. Each person enters the code on their own phone; the circle's owner approves each request.
3. Each person switches sharing on for themselves. Sharing starts off, and nobody can switch it on for someone else.
4. Want a break? Pause: the circle sees "Paused", with no location and no battery level.
5. Want out? Stop sharing or leave the circle anytime. Everyone in the circle is told who joins and who leaves.
6. Done with it entirely? Delete your account and data in the app.

History is kept for 30 days and then deleted automatically, and when you stop sharing with every circle, no new locations are stored. iPhone (iOS 17 or later) and Android (8.0 or later) share one circle, and one plan covers up to 10 people. More on the differences: Life360 alternatives.

FAQ

How do I leave a Life360 Circle?

Open the Circle, tap Settings in the upper left corner, then Circle Management, Leave Circle and Yes. The steps are the same on iPhone and Android. Repeat them in every Circle you want to leave.

How do you remove someone from Life360?

Only a Circle Admin can. Tap the Circle Switcher, pick the Circle, then Settings, Circle Management, Delete Circle Members, and tap the person's name. Life360 notifies the person that they were removed.

How do you delete a Circle in Life360?

Life360's help center had no article on deleting a Circle as of 7 November 2026. Its documented steps let an Admin remove members and then leave. For anything beyond that, ask Life360 support.

Does leaving a Life360 Circle cancel my subscription?

No. Life360 says deleting your account, deleting the app or leaving a Circle does not cancel the membership. Cancel it in the App Store, Google Play or on Life360.com, wherever you subscribed.

Will people know if I leave a Life360 Circle?

You will no longer appear in that Circle, so the other members can see you're gone. Life360 explicitly says it notifies someone who is removed by an Admin; for leaving on your own, its help page doesn't describe a notification.

Does leaving a Circle delete my Life360 history?

No. Life360 says history belongs to your account, not a Circle, and that there is no way to delete history except deleting your account.

How do I delete my Life360 account?

Tap Settings, Account, Delete Account, confirm, then tap Send email and open the link Life360 emails you. Deleting the account permanently deletes all history and driving events.

What should I use instead of Life360?

For an all-iPhone family, Apple's Find My is built in. For a mix of iPhone and Android where everyone chooses to share and wants arrival alerts, Warden (top pick) is made for that, with a "Paused" status and 30-day history that deletes itself.