How to: Find your missing Windows Phone and protect your data from thieves

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Published onSeptember 1, 2015

published onSeptember 1, 2015

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Uh oh! Looks like you lost your Windows Phone. Maybe you left it at the coffee shop, and someone might have taken it. Or maybe it just simply fell out of your pocket and in between the couch cushions. Whatever the scenario, phone manufacturers and software providers are teaming up to provide useful features to find or remotely secure devices. When it comes to the Windows platform, Microsoft is making it increasingly easy for users to find their missing Windows Phone.

First off, if your phone is safely near you, it’s probably a good idea to go ahead and go intoSettings > find my phoneand enable finding the phone through push notifications and saving the phone’s location periodically before the battery dies.

Here’s what to do if you can’t find your phone:

If all goes well, you should be able to find your phone within minutes if it’s nearby. But if it is indeed lost into the hands of thieves (and we really hope it isn’t), it should be good to know you can protect your private information from the wrong hands. If it is indeed in the wrong hands, at least try to scare the culprits with a lock screen message.

Did you manage to find your phone with the help above? Let us know what you think about the ability to easily find your missing phone features the comments below!

Radu Tyrsina

Radu Tyrsina has been a Windows fan ever since he got his first PC, a Pentium III (a monster at that time).

For most of the kids of his age, the Internet was an amazing way to play and communicate with others, but he was deeply impressed by the flow of information and how easily you can find anything on the web.

Prior to founding Windows Report, this particular curiosity about digital content enabled him to grow a number of sites that helped hundreds of millions reach faster the answer they’re looking for.

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