Thread: How to set up and use Find my iPhone

Setting up and use Find my iPhone

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Everything you need to know about setting up, tracking, messaging, locking, and wiping a lost or stolen iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad with Find my iPhone

Find my iPhone -- or Find my iPod or Find my iPad -- keeps track of your iCloud enabled devices so you can track them down if they're lost or stolen, and even remotely message, lock, and erase it to keep your data secure.

• How to enable Find my iPhone
  
• How to use Find my iPhone via the web
  
• How to use Find my iPhone on your iOS device

How to enable Find my iPhone

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Before you can use Find my iPhone (or iPod or iPad), you need to turn it on.

1. Launch the Settings app.
2. Tap on iCloud.

3.Toggle Find my iPhone to On.

How to use Find my iPhone via the web

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If you iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad goes missing, you can track it via the web on your Windows, Mac, Linux, Unix, or any PC running a modern web browser.

1. Go to www.icloud.com.
2. Log into your iCloud account.
3. Click on Find my iPhone.

4.If you have multiple devices on your account, choose the one you want to track.

1. Click the Information icon on the map to see your options.
   
2. Choose your option -- Play Sound or Send Message, Remote Lock, or Remote Wipe.

Devices that are trackable will a small green dot next to their name. Wi-Fi devices can only be tracked when they're connected to a known Wi-Fi network.If you think you just misplaced your iPad or that someone borrowed it without asking, you'll want to play a sound or send a message.

1. Click on Play Sound or Send Message.
   
2. Type your messages
   
3. Click on Send.

4.The alert will be sent to your device.

The sound will be played and the message will be displayed on your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad and will continue to play and be displayed until the device is unlocked and the alert dismissed.If you think your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad was lost or stolen and is unlikely to be recovered, you'll want to lock it and possibly wipe all data from it.