It only takes a moment to lose your phone that you use so often. You can lose it by forgetting it in a coffee shop you just visited or it can be stolen from you during your daily commute. Either way, the feeling of losing your most trusted Android companion can be stressful as it costs you both money and time for yourself, another daily driver.

To help you out when you lose your phone, we have put together a guide that you can follow to find your phone or, in the worst case, keep all your data on your phone safe.

Android offers a ton of apps and services to help you track and locate your lost devices. Here we have compiled a list of methods that may work best for you if you want to avoid losing your phone forever. Let’s dive deeper into how to track a lost Android phone.

If you’re in the Android game, you know that Google offers its own Find My Device service for tracking missing devices. The service comes pre-installed on Android phones, and you can hop on a friend’s laptop or smartphone to find your phone’s last known location or secure it so its data can’t be accessed. The app does all the basics, like ringing your device, remotely locking your phone, and, as a last resort, wiping all of your data.