"Suppose your smartphone is stolen or may contain important information, it may include personal photos, and family members' mobile phone numbers are stored in the smartphone for a long time. Naturally, you do not want that information to fall into someone else's hands. Done.
The remote wipe is the facility's name to delete all the data from a distance on this lost smartphone. Android and iPhone have this advantage. The facility is also available on some laptops, but today, we are only on smartphones.
How to use the feature on an Android smartphone:
The feature is available on Android in the Find My Device option. However, while using that facility, you need to have your smartphone turned on, log in to your Google account, internet connection active and Find My Device. If Find My Device is not already activated, you can see it in the Google menu from Settings. You can also download and install the app again.
To start, go to the website at android.com/find and log in to your Google account. The same Google account must be connected to the smartphone. Once logged in, you will see your smartphone on the top left. If there is more than one, select the one that has been missed. It will show you what percentage of the battery is charged, whether connected online or when it was last. Google will show the possible location of the smartphone on the map (for that, the device's location must be turned on). And on the left side, you will find three options.
If the smart phone's current location shown on the map is close and familiar, you can go there and select the 'Play Sound' option. Even if it is in silent mode, the ringtone of the smartphone will ring. However, there may be a risk of going to a stranger alone and getting in danger.
You can lock the smartphone by selecting 'Secure Device Option.' If you want, you can show a message on the phone screen; you can give your phone number to contact.
The facility of Erase Device:
This option will delete all the data on your phone. And after deleting the data, the 'Find My Device' option will no longer work. When the smartphone is shown offline, the work of deleting the data will start when it comes online later.
How to use remote wipe on iPhone:
The feature on the iPhone is called 'Find My iPhone.' If you want to use the facility, you have to activate it in advance, just like Android.
If you notice this article, you can start the facility now. To do this, you need to select your Apple ID account from the iPhone's Settings app. Then like 'Find My iPhone' from 'Find My' and activate it.
When you are reasonably sure that the lost or stolen iPhone will never be returned, you can choose Remote Wipe.
For that, open the 'Find iPhone' app from another different iPhone or iPad. You can also do it from the web browser on the computer. In that case, you have to go to iCloud.com and log in with your iCloud account.
Then select the device information you want to delete from 'All Devices' at the top. There are some options to find a lost phone on an iPhone like Android. However, we will only look at the use of the data deletion feature here. And to do that, you have to select 'Erase iPhone' in the upper right.
If you enter the wrong passcode more than ten times, the option to automatically delete all the data can be activated on the iPhone. For that, first, select 'Touch ID and Passcode' from the Settings app. If you have a Face ID on your iPhone, the option's name will be 'Face ID and Passcode.' If you want a passcode, give it. And if the passcode is not set, you have to activate it by selecting 'Turn Passcode On. Now start the 'Erase Data' toggle at the bottom.
Then if someone gives the wrong passcode ten times in a row, all the data of the iPhone will be deleted automatically.
(One thing to keep in mind is that if you have a child or an ignorant person in your home, they may repeatedly give you the wrong passcode. And you know what will happen if you do that)
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