Employ the Discover My app to locate a missing device or particular

Larn the different means you can use the Detect My app to help observe your missing device or personal item, like how to encounter its location on a map or mark information technology as lost.

If y'all've lost or misplaced an Apple device or personal item, just utilize the Find My app on an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch on with the latest version of iOS or iPadOS or a Mac with the latest version of macOS signed in with the same Apple ID. You lot can also apply the Find Devices or Find Items apps on your Apple tree Watch with the latest version of watchOS.

For a misplaced iPhone, iPad, iPod bear upon, Apple tree Scout, Mac, AirPods product, or supported Beats production, you lot tin can also use the Find My app on a device owned by someone in your Family Sharing group, or sign in to iCloud.com/find on a web browser.

What features are available for your missing device or particular

Find My features and availability might vary by land or region.

iPhone, iPad, iPod touch

  • View Location
  • Play a Sound
  • Marking as Lost (Lost Mode)
  • Remote Erase
  • Notify When Establish
  • Notify When Left Behind

Mac

  • View Location
  • Play a Audio
  • Mark as Lost (Lock your Mac)
  • Remote Erase
  • Notify When Found
  • Notify When Left Behind*

* Feature only available on MacBooks with Apple Silicon.

Apple Watch

  • View Location
  • Play a Sound
  • Marking as Lost (Lost Mode)
  • Remote Erase
  • Notify When Found

AirPods (tertiary generation), AirPods Pro, AirPods Max

  • View Location
  • Observe Nearby
  • Play a Audio
  • Lost Mode (Marker as Lost)
  • Notify When Constitute
  • Notify When Left Behind

AirPods (1st generation), AirPods (2nd generation), Beats products

  • View Location
  • Play a Sound

Third-party products

  • View Location
  • Lost Mode
  • Other features vary by production

AirTag

  • View Location
  • Discover Nearby
  • Play a Sound
  • Lost Mode (Mark as Lost)
  • Notify When Found
  • Notify When Left Behind

iPhone Leather Wallet with MagSafe

  • View Location
  • Bear witness Phone Number
  • Notify When Detached

See it on a map

  1. Open the Detect My app.
  2. Choose the Devices or Items tab.
  3. Select the device or item to see its location on the map. If you belong to a Family unit Sharing group, you can meet the devices in your group.
  4. Choose Directions to open its location in Maps.

If you plough on Discover My network, you can see your device or item's location even if it's not connected to a Wi-Fi or cellular network. The Find My network is an encrypted anonymous network of hundreds of millions of Apple devices that tin help you locate your device or item.

Don't see your device?

You might non accept Discover My turned on. If your device is powered off, the battery has run out, or more than 24 hours has passed since its last location was sent to Apple, you can't see your device's location. Learn how you can still protect your information.

Play a sound

  1. Open the Detect My app.
  2. Choose the Devices tab or the Items tab.
  3. Select your missing device or item, then choose Play Sound. If your device is offline, it won't play a audio until it connects to a network. If the AirTag attached to your item is out of Bluetooth range, your AirTag won't play a audio until it's within range.

For 24 hours after your terminal use, your iPhone will also notify you if you leave your AirPods or Beats products out of Bluetooth range when you're not in a meaning location like domicile or work. Learn more about Notify When Left Behind.

Marking your device as lost or plough on Lost Mode for your detail

  1. Open the Discover My app and cull the Devices tab or the Items tab.
  2. Select your missing device or item.
  3. Whorl down to Mark As Lost or Lost Manner and select Activate or Enable.
  4. Follow the onscreen steps if you want your contact information to display on your missing device or item, or if yous want to enter a custom message request the finder of your missing device to contact you.
  5. Select Activate.

What happens if you activate Mark As Lost for your device

Marker equally Lost remotely locks your missing iPhone, iPad, iPod bear upon, or Mac with a passcode, keeping your information secure even if your device goes missing. Y'all tin also display a custom message with your phone number on the Lock screen, and keep track of your device's location. Learn more than about how to employ Mark every bit Lost.

What happens if you lot turn on Lost Mode for your item

When you turn on Lost Mode for a personal particular with an attached AirTag or a supported third-party product, yous can share a message with your phone number or electronic mail address. If someone finds your AirTag, they can meet the bulletin by tapping and holding the height of their iPhone or NFC-capable smartphone to the AirTag to open found.apple.com. If someone finds your supported third-party product, they tin open the Find My app on their iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch on, choose the Items tab, tap Identify Found Detail, and select the item from the list to come across your message.

Erase a device

  1. Make sure you effort the steps above to recover your missing device—this can't be undone.
  2. Open the Find My app and cull the Devices tab.
  3. Select the device you lot desire to remotely erase.
  4. Scroll downwardly and choose Erase This Device.
  5. Select Erase This [device].

If your missing device is covered by AppleCare+ with Theft and Loss, you shouldn't erase your device. Instead, file a merits for your lost or stolen device.

What happens if you erase a device

When you erase your device, all of your information (including credit, debit, or prepaid cards for Apple Pay) is deleted from the device.

If you erase a device that had iOS 15, iPadOS fifteen, or later installed, you can utilise Find My to locate the device or play a sound on it. Otherwise, you won't be able to locate or play a sound on your device afterwards y'all erase information technology. Yous might still exist able to locate your Mac or Apple tree Watch if it's nearly a previously-used Wi-Fi network.

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