Let G be a finite group. The reduced power graph of G is the undirected graph whose vertex set is G, and two distinct vertices x and y are adjacent if x ⊂ y or y ⊂ x . In this paper, we give tight upper and lower bounds for the metric dimension of the reduced power graph of a finite group. As applications, we compute the metric dimension of the reduced power graph of a P-group, a cyclic group, a dihedral group, a generalized quaternion group, and a group of odd order.