{"id":4187,"date":"2023-01-05T00:15:34","date_gmt":"2023-01-05T00:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/?p=4187"},"modified":"2024-05-23T09:22:46","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T09:22:46","slug":"how-to-protect-yourself-when-phone-lost-stolen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/m365devhub.wpengine.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/privacy-and-safety\/how-to-protect-yourself-when-phone-lost-stolen","title":{"rendered":"What to do to protect yourself if your phone is lost or stolen"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"main-content\" data-grid=\"col-12\">\n<p class=\"c-paragraph-3\">Losing your phone is never fun, but it doesn\u2019t have to be a full-blown catastrophe. It\u2019s now easier than ever to try to track down a lost or stolen phone\u2014or, worst case scenario, load your cloud backups onto a new model.<\/p>\n<p>Misplacing your cellphone can be a wildly stressful experience. Luckily, these days most smartphone users can use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/privacy-and-safety\/the-dos-and-donts-of-using-phone-trackers-for-kids\">location tracking technology<\/a> to locate lost and stolen phones and disable their devices remotely. Thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/organization\/how-to-use-shared-family-cloud-storage\">cloud services<\/a>, most cell phone users don\u2019t need to worry about losing their data along with a lost or stolen device\u2014it\u2019s simple to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/privacy-and-safety\/why-you-should-back-up-data\">retrieve backed-up data<\/a> and upload it to a new device. Wondering how to get started? Use our step-by-step instructions as a guide on how to protect yourself if your mobile device is lost or stolen.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"full-bleed-image\">\n        <picture class=\"c-image\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/m365devhub.wpengine.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/040-1600x600-1.jpg\" media=\"(min-width:767px) and (max-width:1600px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/m365devhub.wpengine.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/040-1600x600-1.jpg\" media=\"(min-width:540px) and (max-width:767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m365devhub.wpengine.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/040-1600x600-1.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/m365devhub.wpengine.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/040-1600x600-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n    <\/picture>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Use our step-by-step instructions as a guide on how to protect yourself and your personal data if your smartphone is lost or stolen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4185,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[31],"class_list":["post-4187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-privacy-and-safety","tag-privacy-and-safety"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What to do to protect yourself if your phone is lost or stolen \u2013 Microsoft 365<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Use our step-by-step instructions as a guide on how to protect yourself and your personal data if your smartphone is lost or stolen.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"What to do to protect yourself if your phone is lost or stolen \u2013 Microsoft 365","description":"Use our step-by-step instructions as a guide on how to protect yourself and your personal data if your smartphone is lost or stolen.","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/m365devhub.wpengine.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/privacy-and-safety\/how-to-protect-yourself-when-phone-lost-stolen","url":"https:\/\/m365devhub.wpengine.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/privacy-and-safety\/how-to-protect-yourself-when-phone-lost-stolen","name":"What to do to protect yourself if your phone is lost or stolen \u2013 Microsoft 365","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/m365devhub.wpengine.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/m365devhub.wpengine.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/privacy-and-safety\/how-to-protect-yourself-when-phone-lost-stolen#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/m365devhub.wpengine.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/privacy-and-safety\/how-to-protect-yourself-when-phone-lost-stolen#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/m365devhub.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/040-800x550-1.jpg","datePublished":"2023-01-05T00:15:34+00:00","dateModified":"2024-05-23T09:22:46+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/m365devhub.wpengine.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/#\/schema\/person\/2c23c19871398789718358887bd04035"},"description":"Use our step-by-step instructions as a guide on how to protect yourself and your personal data if your smartphone is lost or stolen.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/m365devhub.wpengine.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/privacy-and-safety\/how-to-protect-yourself-when-phone-lost-stolen#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/m365devhub.wpengine.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/privacy-and-safety\/how-to-protect-yourself-when-phone-lost-stolen"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/m365devhub.wpengine.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/privacy-and-safety\/how-to-protect-yourself-when-phone-lost-stolen#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/m365devhub.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/040-800x550-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/m365devhub.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/040-800x550-1.jpg","width":800,"height":550},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/m365devhub.wpengine.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/privacy-and-safety\/how-to-protect-yourself-when-phone-lost-stolen#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Microsoft 365 Life Hacks","item":"https:\/\/m365devhub.wpengine.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Privacy &amp; 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