Find My Device
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Find My Device

Learn how you can help protect your phone from unauthorized use if it has been lost, stolen, or reset to factory settings without your permission.
INSTRUCTIONS & INFO

Find my device helps you track your device if it has been lost or stolen and allows you to prevent non-authorized users from accessing your device. Only someone with the associated Google account or screen lock information can use the device.

In this tutorial, you will learn how to:

• Enable Find My Device
• Remotely locate or lock your device using computer

Enable Find My Device

1. From the home screen, select the Start icon then select Settings. 

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2. Select the Privacy & security tab, then select Find my device. 

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3. Ensure the Find My Device switch is in the On position.

Note: Find my device should be on by default. To disable Find my device, select the switch to place it in the Off position. 

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Remotely locate or lock your device using computer

1. To locate your device, go to account.microsoft.com/devices. Scroll to and select the Find my device.

Note: Upon accessing this website, you will be prompted to sign in to your Mircosoft account to continue. 

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2. Select the desired device.

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2. Select Find to view the updated location of your device. Select Lock to remotely lock the device and block unauthorized use.

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