Use the Observe My app to locate a missing device or item

Larn the unlike ways you can use the Find My app to help find your missing device or personal particular, like how to see its location on a map or marker information technology as lost.

If y'all've lost or misplaced an Apple device or personal detail, only use the Find My app on an iPhone, iPad, or iPod bear upon with the latest version of iOS or iPadOS or a Mac with the latest version of macOS signed in with the aforementioned Apple ID. You can besides utilise the Detect Devices or Find Items apps on your Apple Lookout with the latest version of watchOS.

For a misplaced iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Apple tree Watch, Mac, AirPods product, or supported Beats product, you tin also utilise the Find My app on a device owned by someone in your Family Sharing group, or sign in to iCloud.com/discover on a web browser.

What features are available for your missing device or item

Discover My features and availability might vary by country or region.

iPhone, iPad, iPod bear on

  • View Location
  • Play a Sound
  • Mark as Lost (Lost Fashion)
  • Remote Erase
  • Notify When Plant
  • Notify When Left Behind

Mac

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

* Feature only available on MacBooks with Apple tree Silicon.

Apple Lookout

  • View Location
  • Play a Sound
  • Mark as Lost (Lost Mode)
  • Remote Erase
  • Notify When Plant

AirPods Pro, AirPods Max

  • View Location
  • Find Nearby
  • Play a Sound
  • Lost Way (Marking as Lost)
  • Notify When Found
  • Notify When Left Behind

AirPods, Beats products

  • View Location
  • Play a Sound

Third-party products

  • View Location
  • Lost Fashion
  • Other features vary by product

AirTag

  • View Location
  • Detect Nearby
  • Play a Sound
  • Lost Mode (Mark as Lost)
  • Notify When Plant
  • Notify When Left Backside

iPhone Leather Wallet with MagSafe

  • View Location
  • Show Phone Number
  • Notify When Discrete

Encounter it on a map

  1. Open the Observe My app.
  2. Cull the Devices or Items tab.
  3. Select the device or item to see its location on the map. If you vest to a Family Sharing grouping, you can see the devices in your group.
  4. Cull Directions to open up its location in Maps.

If you plough on Observe My network, y'all tin can see your device or item's location even if it'due south not connected to a Wi-Fi or cellular network. The Detect My network is an encrypted anonymous network of hundreds of millions of Apple devices that tin aid you locate your device or detail.

Don't come across your device?

You might not have Detect My turned on. If your device is powered off, the bombardment has run out, or more than 24 hours has passed since its terminal location was sent to Apple, you can't see your device's location. Learn how y'all can still protect your data.

Play a audio

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

For 24 hours afterward your last utilise, your iPhone will also notify y'all if you exit your AirPods or Beats products out of Bluetooth range when y'all're not in a significant location similar home or piece of work. Learn more about Notify When Left Behind.

Mark your device as lost or turn on Lost Mode for your particular

  1. Open the Find My app and choose the Devices tab or the Items tab.
  2. Select your missing device or particular.
  3. Scroll down to Marking As Lost or Lost Mode and select Actuate or Enable.
  4. Follow the onscreen steps if you want your contact information to display on your missing device or item, or if you desire to enter a custom message request the finder of your missing device to contact you.
  5. Select Activate.

What happens if you lot activate Mark Equally Lost for your device

Mark as 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 can also brandish a custom message with your phone number on the Lock screen, and proceed track of your device'due south location. Learn more virtually how to employ Marker equally Lost.

What happens if you turn on Lost Mode for your item

When you plow on Lost Mode for a personal particular with an attached AirTag or a supported third-party product, you can share a message with your phone number or email address. If someone finds your AirTag, they tin see the message by tapping and holding the superlative of their iPhone or NFC-capable smartphone to the AirTag to open up found.apple.com. If someone finds your supported third-party product, they can open the Find My app on their iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, cull the Items tab, tap Place Found Item, and select the item from the list to see your message.

Erase a device

  1. Make certain y'all attempt the steps in a higher place to recover your missing device—this can't be undone.
  2. Open the Find My app and choose the Devices tab.
  3. Select the device you desire to remotely erase.
  4. Curl down 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 claim for your lost or stolen device.

What happens if you lot erase a device

When y'all erase your device, all of your data (including credit, debit, or prepaid cards for Apple tree Pay) is deleted from the device, and yous won't be able to track it using Notice My.

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