User level: Level 1 (4 points)How will i find my lost iPhone after i removed or erased my Apple ID ?
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Original Title: Mutu lost iPhone
Posted on Oct 13, 2026 3:21 PM
User level: Level 10 (242,520 points)Oct 14, 2026 7:30 AM in response to Ujjunaid
If you removed your Apple Account from the lost iPhone, there is no way to track it. You severed the link that allowed tracking through Find My when you removed the account from the device.
If you did something else, please explain exaclty what steps you followed.
User level: Level 7 (22,975 points)Oct 13, 2026 3:23 PM in response to Ujjunaid
You will have to do it the old fashioned way - retrace your steps, check any stores in the area where you may have lost it. Unfortunately, once you have removed your ID, there is nothing Apple can do to help.
User level: Level 10 (462,771 points)Oct 13, 2026 4:07 PM in response to Ujjunaid
The problem isn't with a method being available to you, the problem is they all require that you have an Apple Account. For example, anybody can sign into https://www.icloud.com/find to locate their device using a browser, but you have to sign in with your account.
As already stated, that leaves you with the standard ways for finding things, like a lost sweater. Have you tried calling the phone? If somebody answers, remember to be safe if arranging to collect it.
User level: Level 9 (55,707 points)Oct 13, 2026 7:18 PM in response to Ujjunaid
If you logged the phone out of your Apple Account / removed it from your account, that implies that the phone is no longer protected by Activation Lock.
Any dishonest person who finds it will be able to reset it and "make your phone their own."
Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256375723