Unlock at trusted places

Set up trusted places

To avoid repeatedly unlocking your phone when you are at familiar and trusted locations (like home or work), use a Smart Lock. You can still manually lock the phone at trusted places when needed.

  1. Make sure you have:

  2. Go to Settings.
  3. Tap Security > Smart Lock.

    If you don't see Smart Lock, try the following:

    • Update Google Play services. In the Google Search widget on your home screen, search for “Google Play services”, then tap the app to open it.
    • Go to Settings > Security > Advanced > Trust agents and enable Smart Lock.
  4. Unlock your phone, then tap Trusted places.
  5. Set up your places:

    • If you added Home or Work locations in Maps, tap the location name and turn it on if desired.
    • To add a location, tap Add trusted place. Verify your current location to add it, or tap , type the address to add, and tap Select this location.

Manually lock phone

To lock your phone when you're in a trusted place, on the lock screen, tap . The phone stays locked until the next time you manually unlock it.

Remove trusted places

  1. Go to Settings.
  2. Tap Security > Smart Lock.
  3. Unlock your phone, then tap Trusted places.
  4. Remove the location from your trusted places:

    • For your Home or Work locations in Maps, tap the location name to toggle it off. To remove the address entirely, you must remove it in Maps.
    • For custom places you added, tap the location name, then tap delete icon.