On a supported iPhone, Apple’s Safety Check can help you review information you share with people and apps. Choose Manage Sharing & Access for a targeted review or read Apple’s Emergency Reset instructions if you need a broader immediate reset. Consider your safety before making changes. This is a review of your own access and sharing, not a way to monitor a partner.
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Check the prerequisites and your circumstances
Apple documents Safety Check for an iPhone with iOS 16 or later, signed in to an Apple Account using two-factor authentication. It also advises considering the safety impact of changes. If making a sharing change could put you at risk, plan how and when to do it with support you trust. Do not begin on another person’s device or account. [Apple: Safety Check for an iPhone with iOS 16 or later]
Choose a targeted review or the broader reset
Open Settings, Privacy & Security, Safety Check. Apple distinguishes Manage Sharing & Access, for reviewing individual people, apps and account security, from Emergency Reset, for immediately stopping sharing within its supported scope and reviewing account protections. Neither choice should be treated as a diagnosis that someone has accessed your device. [Apple: Safety Check for an iPhone with iOS 16 or later]
Use an outcome checklist
DateClues suggests recording only the category of change and whether you confirmed it. You do not need to keep a dossier of another person’s activities to manage your own permissions.
| Your question | Place to review | Useful completion note |
|---|---|---|
| Who receives information I share? | People and Information in the targeted review | Intended sharing preference confirmed |
| Which apps have access? | Apps and Information | Chosen permissions reviewed |
| Which devices are connected? | Account-security steps | Devices you recognize reviewed |
| What remains outside this tool? | Individual non-Apple services | Separate review still needed |
Verify the result instead of assuming completion
Apple’s guide includes returning to Safety Check to confirm changes to people, apps and account information. If you use Quick Exit, Apple says changes already made are saved; leaving the screen does not undo them. Follow the current guide if restrictions or device protections change the available options. [Apple: Safety Check for an iPhone with iOS 16 or later]
Finish the remaining service-specific reviews
Apple says Safety Check cannot review every type of sharing, including non-Apple accounts and passwords. Check those services through their own controls as needed. TraceSeek does not audit device permissions, locate a partner or establish who accessed an account. The practical result of this guide is a clearer record of your own settings, with remaining gaps named rather than assumed closed. [Apple: Safety Check for an iPhone with iOS 16 or later]
A couple more questions
Can Safety Check show whether my partner is cheating or tracking me?
No. A sharing and account review does not establish another person’s behavior or diagnose the cause of a concern.
Does Emergency Reset cover every account and app I use?
Do not assume that. Apple documents limitations and additional steps beyond Safety Check, including non-Apple accounts.
Sources & editorial notes
Official references checked on October 23, 2026. Checklists, comparison tables and example wording are DateClues editorial tools, not official tests or validated risk scores.
General information. No guide or tool can certify a person’s identity, intentions or safety. Read our editorial standards.