The Find My app makes it easy to keep track of your Apple devices — even if they’re offline. You can also locate items using AirTag or Find My technology. Or pinpoint friends and family with Precision Finding. Everyone’s location stays private every step of the way.
You take your devices everywhere. Which means you might leave them anywhere. Get help finding them in the Find My app or the Find My widget, which lets you track your devices at a glance, right on the Home Screen of your iPhone or iPad.
Is your iPad at home or back at the office? Use the map to get a full picture of where your devices are — and where a missing one might be. For more info, just tap a product icon. Some devices, like iPhone, can still send their location for up to 24 hours after they’ve been turned off or have low battery life.
When you can’t find something but think it’s nearby or around others who might hear it, you can play a sound to pinpoint its location. The latest AirPods cases, and AirTag, have built‑in speakers that deliver louder tones, so it’s even easier to locate them.
Find My can even let you know if you leave your devices in an unfamiliar location. Just turn on Notify When Left Behind on your iPhone, Apple Watch, or iPad. Want to leave your MacBook at the studio? Easy. You can fine-tune your notifications by device and location.
If your device or AirTag goes missing, you can put it in Lost Mode. That starts tracking its location, sends you a notification when it pings the network, and sets your passcode to protect your data. You can also let people know how to reach you. They can simply view your message on your device’s Lock Screen, or tap your AirTag with their smartphone to get your contact info.1
Worried that your device has fallen into the wrong hands? You may want to erase it remotely to delete your personal data and reset your iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, or Mac. If you retrieve it, you can restore your data from your iCloud backup.
Activation Lock is designed to prevent anyone else from using or selling your device. When you enable Find My on your device, Activation Lock is turned on automatically.
Your Apple Account and password will then be required in order to erase or reactivate it. And if someone is able to erase your device, the Hello screen will show that it’s locked, locatable, and still belongs to you.
If your missing device can’t connect to the internet or has little to no battery life, the Find My app can still help you track it down using the Find My network — over a billion iPhone, iPad, and Mac devices around the world. Nearby devices securely send the location of your missing device to iCloud, then you can see where it is in the Find My app. It’s all anonymous and encrypted to protect everyone’s privacy.
Now with a 50% louder speaker, the latest AirTag makes it easier than ever to keep track of what matters. The Find My network lets you view items on a map, play a sound on your AirTag — and even see the distance and direction to your AirTag on your iPhone or Apple Watch with Precision Finding. Share items indefinitely with members of your household or temporarily with trusted third parties, like airlines, when recovering lost items.
Invite people to share their location with you, using Find My friends. Then you can keep in touch with one another, easily find your friends in a crowd, or know when a family member has arrived home safely.
Live Locations lets you share your location with friends and family in real time — for an hour, a day, or indefinitely. It’s up to you. If someone’s on the move, you can get a sense of the direction they’re traveling in and how fast. Making it even easier for you to find each other and stay connected.
Want to find a friend in a crowded train station or busy park? Look no further than Precision Finding. It’s powered by the second-generation Ultra Wideband chip, now with expanded range, so it can lead you right to them.2
If you like, you can get notifications when your child arrives at school or a family member leaves work. Notifications are easy to set up, and each person gets the choice to opt in. So everyone’s privacy is respected.
Find My technology can be built into all kinds of things — like bikes, backpacks, and more. So anything that works with Find My can be added right next to all your Apple stuff in the Find My app and widget.
Just like every Apple product, Find My is designed to put you in control of your data. Apple receives location information only when you actively locate your device, mark it as lost, or enable Send Last Location. Location data is encrypted on Apple’s servers and only retained for 24 hours. And when the Find My network is used, everyone’s information is kept private — even from Apple.