What happened to your phone?

Find the official way to locate, lock or protect a phone you own — and a straight answer about what a phone number really can and cannot do.

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No live tracking. Enter a device you own — we point you to the official tool. This never looks up a stranger’s number.

All Find it now Lost or stolen Carrier, SIM & IMEI Prepare ahead Family devices Claims & limits

Start with your situation

I think it is nearbyRing it through the account already linked to the device. I lost it outsideCheck its available location and mark it as lost. It may have been stolenProtect data first; do not confront someone at a map point. It is offlineUse a last-known or network-assisted location if available.

Find it now

Start with the device and account you control.

Find my iPhone Find my Android phone Ring or locate a missing phone See your phone on a map Find a phone when it is offline

Lost or stolen

Choose protection actions to match the risk.

Lost phone: what to do first Stolen phone: protect yourself Lock a lost phone remotely Erase a lost phone remotely Report a stolen phone and its IMEI

Carrier, SIM & IMEI

Understand what your network can and cannot do.

Block a lost phone with your carrier Can you find a phone by IMEI? Find a phone without SIM or internet

Prepare ahead

Set up the features you may need later.

Set up phone finding before a loss Protect a phone before it is stolen Back up your phone before it goes missing

Family devices

Use sharing that family members know about.

Share location with family by choice Find your child's phone Set up a family phone locator Help find a family member's lost phone

Claims & limits

Avoid false promises and unsafe shortcuts.

Can a phone number track or spy on someone’s phone? Spot fake phone trackers and ‘hack a phone by number’ claims Is locating a phone legal? What phone finding cannot do

Official tools

Find My

Use the Apple Account connected to your missing iPhone.

Read the steps Official source

Find Hub

Find, ring or secure an eligible Android device.

Read the steps Official source

Samsung Find

Check a Galaxy device linked to your Samsung account.

Read the steps Official source

A map pin is not a person.

A recent location is a clue, not proof of who is holding the phone. We always say where the official tools stop — and where “track any number” claims are simply false.

Common questions

Can I locate a phone from its number alone?

No public website can legitimately produce a live device location from a phone number alone. Start with the linked device account or a person’s voluntary sharing.

What if the phone is turned off?

Some eligible devices can show a last-known or network-assisted location if the feature was set up. Check the timestamp; a new direct update requires the right conditions.

Should I erase it immediately?

Read the provider’s warning and check backups first. Erase is often a last resort because it permanently removes data and can affect later finding.