Find My Device is a feature that helps you locate your Windows 11 device if it is lost or stolen.
To use Find My Device in Windows 11, you must sign in with your Microsoft account as an administrator and have the location services are enabled. Once your Windows device is set up for Find My Device, users of the device will see a notification in the notification area when you try to locate the device.
Find My Device works for any Windows device, such as PC, laptop, Surface, etc. The feature must be enabled before you can use it.
Your missing or lost Windows device will automatically update its location periodically while it is connected to the Internet. This location helps you determine the last location the device was updated from over the Internet.
Use Find My Device to find your Windows computer
As mentioned above, “find my device” is a feature that allows you to locate your Windows 11 device if it is lost or stolen.
For Find My Device to work properly, the administrator account must be a Microsoft account and location services must be enabled.
Once Find My Device is set up, users of the device will see a notification in the notification area when you try to locate the device online with Microsoft.
- Go to https://account.microsoft.com/devices and log in with your Microsoft account.
- Click on “Find my device” and click on the computer name in the overview.
- Then click on the search button. You will then be shown the location of your device.
The address is often an approximation, keep this in mind. However, it is enough to determine approximately where your computer is located.
A message will also be displayed on your Windows computer.
Find my device. An administrator attempted to locate this device at account.microsoft.com/devices.
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Also read: Adjust Windows 10 location settings.