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How to Find Lost Kindle

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Kindle, a handy portable e-reader, is easy to lose or to be stolen by thieves. The most fearful thing is not losing the electronic product itself, but that someone who finds your e-reader is attempting to utilize your data and information for improper purposes. In order to prevent this situation happening, here are some preparations for you to make in advance and steps to take to help you find your lost kindle.

1. Things to Prepare Before You Lose Your Kindle
2. Steps to Take When it’s Unfortunately Lost

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1. Things to Prepare Before You Lose Your Kindle

Step 1. Setting a Passcode

Whatever electronic device it is, the first thing you should do once you get a new one is to set a passcode, Kindle included of course. When anyone wants to wake up your Kindle from sleep, he must enter the passcode to continue, which makes it more difficult for him to use your data.

kindle passcode

Step 2. Register Your Kindle

The next action you should undertake is to register your Kindle, to help reduce property crime and improve the chances of getting it back in the case of loss or theft. Also, almost everything you do with kindle needs your Amazon account information. Thus it's important for you to register it or create a new account.

register your kindle

Step 3. Remember the Serial Number

If you want to file a police report after you lose your Kindle, the serial number is needed. Therefore, once you get a new Kindle, note your device's serial number in your personal file.

If you don't know where you can find the Kindle Serial Number, you can read the full guide on How to Easily Find the Kindle Serial Number.

remember the serial number

Step 4. Adding Your Personal Information to Your Kindle

Your contact information, including your phone number, email and address, is much useful in the event that your Kindle is found by a good Samaritan who wants to get it back to you. You can attach a sticker to the back of your device. It's much obvious. Also, it's important to add personal info in your kindle.

add your personal info

Select the "settings" option, find "Personalize Your Kindle" and put your personal info there to help the Samaritan to contact you. The main problem is that not all people would check for it especially password is needed to enter the kindle. In such a case, I would highly recommend an attached sticker.

personal info

2. Steps to Take When it’s Unfortunately Lost

Note: Some users suggest that we should contact the Amazon customer support before deregistering the lost kindle device.

Step 1. Deregister

If you confirm that your Kindle Paperwhite or Fire is lost outside or you think that it's stolen instead of leaving it in your room, it's high time that you deregistered if from your Amazon account to prevent a bad guy using your account to purchase books. Go to Manage Your Device to deregister it.

deregister

After deregistration, all the contents from your lost device will be removed but your purchased books remain available and can be downloaded again.

deregister your kindle

Step 2. Contact Amazon Customer Service

Once you have deregistered your Kindle device, you should contact Amazon Customer Service as soon as possible. Explain the situation to the customer service and offer your serial number. Then they will mark your Kindle device as lost or stolen or blacklist your kindle at your request, which prevents it from being registered to another Amazon account.

contact Amazon Customer Service

Step 3. Locate Your Kindle Device

If your device is a Kindle Fire, you can locate it on the condition that you turn the location-based services on in your Fire settings and your Fire is on Wifi. The same as before, you can head on to Manage Your Device to locate and then find your lost Kindle Fire.

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find your lost kindle fire

Step 4. Check Out Kindle Reunion

Kindle Reunion is a platform for a finder and an owner to reunite with each other. When you lost your Kindle, you could try to find it by providing your email and serial number. Once someone finds your kindle and submit it in kindle Reunion, both of you will receive an e-mail and you can contact with each other directly.

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Bonus Tips

Losing a kindle is a headache, not just because losing the hardware itself, but because a more painful thing that all the books you have downloaded on your Kindle are lost therewith. However, your purchased Kindle books are still available on the Cloud and can be downloaded again. Therefore, you can continue to read them on your windows or Mac computer, or other eReaders like Nook or Kobo, or read them on your iPhone, iPad or Android. But because of the DRM scheme for copyright protection, you can read Kindle books only on Kindle devices and Kindle app. If you want to read Kindle books on more devices, you need to do one more thing—remove DRM from Kindle books and convert Kindle to epub/pdf.

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Frequently Asked Questions
Q 1: I lost my kindle just in my home. How can I find it?

A: If your device is a Kindle Fire, you can go to Manage Your Device to set "Remote Alarm". It will activate an alarm on your device. The alarm lasts for 2 minutes and it'll be easier for you to find your lost Kindle fire. However, if you haven't t enabled this Remote Alarm on your Kindle Fire, it won't work. Thus once you get a new Kindle Fire, set this alarm open first.

remote alarm

Q 2: If I deregister my kindle, will the passcode protection disappear?

A: The passcode protection won't disappear. After you deregister your Kindle, anyone else who finds your lost Kindle needs to enter the passcode to use it.

Q 3: I ask Amazon Customer Service to blacklist my Kindle device. Can I ask them to reactivate it if I get it back?

A: If you really get your lost Kindle back, you can contact Amazon Customer Service and then you'll be able to re-register it.

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03/22/2019 15:44:41
thanks so much! it's a big hlep!!
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03/28/2019 15:24:16
You're welcome! It's a great honor to be able to help you.
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03/23/2019 18:08:11
It's really helpful, thanks!
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03/28/2019 15:04:53
It's a great honor to be able to help you.
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12/2/2019 08:11:39
lost my kindle
i trying to find it but i dont see it
can you help me find it
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12/2/2019 08:08:26
lost my tablet
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08/10/2020 00:26:39
i have lost my tablet for over a year any ideas how i can find it
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07/29/2022 21:17:54
I lost my tablet
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08/3/2022 05:44:51
Find find find
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10/6/2022 00:21:30
I lost my Kindle and I followed your steps. The problem is Amazon said I should have contacted them BEFORE I deregistered my Kindle. Please correct your information to help future people. Thank you.
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10/8/2022 15:44:15
Thank you for your advice. We are sincerely sorry for this issue and will change the step soon.
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08/18/2023 16:40:35
Your meant to contact before deregistration
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07/2/2024 11:55:53
This was a great help, I found it by your advice under Manage your device - other actions - remote alarm
Although it was a very low volume, I found it inside a drawer that it shouldn't have been in.
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