Find My Device is a feature that can help you locate your Windows 10 or Windows 11 device if it's lost or stolen. To use this feature, sign in to your device with a Microsoft account and make sure you're an administrator on it. This feature works when location is turned on for your device, even if other users on the device he turned off location settings for their apps.聽Any time you attempt to locate the device, users using the device will see a notification in the notification area.聽
This setting works for any Windows device, such聽as a PC, laptop,聽Surface, or Surface Pen. It needs to be turned on before you can use it.聽
You can't use聽it with a work or school account, and it聽doesn't work聽for iOS devices, Android devices, or Xbox One consoles.聽Here's what to do if your Xbox gets stolen.
Turn on Find my deviceWhen you set up a new device, you can decide whether聽to turn on or turn off the Find my device setting. If you聽turned聽it off during setup and now want to turn it on, make sure your Windows device is connected to the internet, has enough battery power so it can send its location, and that you're signed in to the device using your Microsoft account.
On the device that you want to change:
Windows 11: Select聽Start聽聽>聽Settings聽聽>聽Privacy & security聽聽>聽Find my device.
Windows 10: Select聽Start聽聽>聽Settings聽聽>聽Update & Security聽聽>聽Find my device.
Open Find my device settings
Find your Windows deviceGo to聽https://account.microsoft.com/devices and sign in.聽
Select the Find My Device tab.
Choose the device you want to find, and then select Find to聽see a map showing your device's location.
Note:聽You can locate a shared device only if you he an administrator account on it. On the shared device, select Start聽聽> Settings聽聽> Account聽聽> Your info聽聽to see if you're an administrator.
Lock your Windows device remotelyWhen you find your device on the map, select聽Lock聽>聽Next.
Once your device is locked, you can reset your password for added security. For more info about passwords, see聽Change or reset your Windows password.
Need more help?Contact Support
For technical support, go to聽Contact Microsoft Support, enter your problem and select聽Get Help. If you still need help, select聽Contact Support聽to be routed to the best support option.