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Want to locate your lost Android smartphone and erase data remotely? Check tips and tricks here

You do not need to panic if you have lost your smartphone as there is a way to remotely locate and delete all the data from an android smartphone.

  • DNA Web Team
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  • Mar 17, 2021, 12:33 PM IST

Have you lost your Android smartphone and worried about your secret data? You do not need to panic as there is a way to remotely locate and delete all the data from an android smartphone.

 

1. People keep personal data in their smartphones

People keep personal data in their smartphones
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Smartphones have now become an integral part of our life as they contain a lot of useful data of the users. This is the reason why the security of data becomes an important issue when someone's smartphone is lost. Here we will tell ypou some special tricks related to data security, which can prove to be of great use for you.

2. Google and data security

Google and data security
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Google not only provides the operating system for your Android smartphone, but it is also responsible to keep your data safe on your smartphone. 

3. How to take help from Google

How to take help from Google
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First of all go to android.com/find and log your account. This should be the same Google account, which was already logged into your phone. After logging in Google account, look at the top left corner of the phone. If you see many phones registered here, then select your lost phone. Here you will see the phone's battery and the last time the phone was online.

 

4. Location of Android smartphone

Location of Android smartphone
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Google shows you the location on the map on the top of the smartphone If you do not see the location of the phone, then you can see the last location. In such a situation, if your phone is near you or in your house, then you can reach that place with the help of location. If the phone is not in your home then you can track the map and reach the location of the phone.

 

5. How to delete data remotely

How to delete data remotely
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Google provides an easy way to find, lock, and erase all data on your Android phone. The Find My Device feature allows Android users to locate the phone, lock it by remotely setting a pin, passcode, or pattern. 

You can delete the data remotely by selecting the Erase Device option. This option gives you a chance to permanently delete all data on your phone and after you erase, Find My Device option will stop working on the phone.

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