Every year, 300,000 mobile phones are stolen in the UK*. Did you know that if your mobile phone is lost or stolen you can remotely erase all data off it using Office 365 and Exchange Online?

Warning: this will perform a factory reset on your phone and erase all data including personal information, photos and anything stored on memory cards!

To wipe all data off your phone. Follow the steps below:

Sign into the Office 365 Outlook Web App using https://mail.office365.com

Click the Settings cog in the top right corner and click Options.

Click Phone on the left navigation pane

Highlight the device you wish to wipe and click Wipe Device

Click yes to confirm you wish to perform a remote device wipe.

The device status will change to Wipe Pending

When the device has been successfully wiped, the status will change to “Remote Device Wipe Successful”

Note: The remote wipe is sent to your phone when it syncs so if your phone has been disconnected, switched off or your Office 365 password has been changed, remote wipe will not succeed.

* Source NMPCU