How To Find Someone Else’s iPhone When It’s Lost (2022 Update)

The iPhone Find My app is a terrific tool to discover a lost, lost, and even taken iPhone. While it is most typically utilized to find your own gadgets, you can likewise discover somebody else’s iPhone utilizing this function. The Find My app enables you to assist a good friend discover their iPhone, considering that it now skillfully integrates the Find My iPhone and Find My Friends works that Apple launched formerly.

Related: How to Find Your iPhone Even If It’s Dead or Offline

How Do You Find Someone Else’s iPhone?

Help somebody else discover their iPhone (or discover your own iPhone from somebody else’s iPhone) by following these easy actions. When you master this relocation, you can register for our complimentary Tip of the Day newsletter to discover more methods to be your pals’ iPhone hero.

1. Open the Find My app
   
2. Select Me from the alternatives on the bottom of the screen.
   
3. Tap on Help a Friend at the extremely bottom. This will open iCloud.com
   
4. Have your pal check in to iCloud utilizing their Apple ID to see their gadgets.
   
5. Select the gadget they are trying to find.
   
6. If the lost gadget seems close by, you can tap Play Sound to assist you find it.
   
7. If the lost iPhone is far, you can tap Lost Mode to assist secure the information on the phone and instantly switch on Low Power Mode to offer you more time to browse.

I do not advise utilizing the 3rd choice because bottom menu– erasing whatever from the iPhone with the Erase iPhone button– unless you’re sure the phone is in risk and the personal information is at threat of being taken. To assist make this choice, you can check out what Lost Mode does, and see if it will do an appropriate task of safeguarding the jeopardized iPhone.

Now that you understand how to discover somebody else’s lost iPhone, you’ll be popular with your more absent-minded buddies!