Use Find My to locate your lost Apple device or AirTag — by Apple Support

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Covers locating a device on a map, playing a sound, marking it lost or erasing it from the Find My app or iCloud.com.

Quick steps

Locate it in Find My
Mark it as lost
Erase it in Find My
Erase it on iCloud.com

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Read the full article on support.apple.com

Source: Use Find My to locate your lost Apple device or AirTag by Apple Support. Licence: Link only (©).

Source reviewed: 2026-11-02
Link checked: 2026-11-02
Tested hands-on: Not by Oddbyte.Me

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