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Turn on Find My iPhone for Antitheft and Data Protection

By Achilles Hill | Last Updated

It is believed that no one wants his or her iPhone to be stolen or lost since there are many important apps storing their private information, such as email address, online bank account, etc. Therefore, in order to prevent device loss at the most extent, it is strongly recommended to turn on Find My iPhone on your device in advance, which allows you to locate, lock or erase your iPhone when it is unfortunately lost or stolen. In the following contents, the passage will show you how to turn on Find My iPhone in iOS 13 in details.

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Steps to turn on Find My iPhone in iPhone:

Step 1. Open the Settings app on your iPhone first of all, then tap [your name] on the top of the page to go on.

Step 2. Find the option of “Find My” and then click it to proceed.

click the option of find my

Step 3. Tap Find My iPhone, then turn on the feature of Find My iPhone.

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Notice: How to turn on Find My iPhone so you can find your iPhone if it goes missing in iOS 12 or earlier? Enter Settings, tap iCloud or [your name] > iCloud, tap Find My iPhone at the bottom of the page, and then move the Find My iPhone slider to on or green to turn on Find My iPhone.

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FYI, after turning on the function of Find My iPhone, you are able to log in with your iCloud from another iOS device, and use it to locate your iPhone if your iPhone gets lost or stolen. Besides, you can enable the “Lost Mode” to lock your iPhone with the preset passcode or a newly-created password, or choose “Erase iPhone” to delete all your phone data.

External tips: If you want to turn off Find My iPhone because of some reasons, such as restoring iPhone data from backup, go to the same path described as above, and then slide to turn off it. If you're asked to enter your Apple ID password, do as required to turn off Find My iPhone.

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