Android - Is there a way to block access to or wipe my Google data for a lost/stolen phone

EDIT: I now personally use AndroidLost. In addition to everything listed below, there is also an AndroidLost Jupstart app that will launch the service remotely if your phone is already lost without any locating software on it. It's pretty sweet:

  • Read SMS'es Read the latest SMS'es from your phone and send them to your email.
  • Remote control alarm Have you ever misplaced your phone which was put on silent mode? Now you may sound the alarm on your phone from your PC!
  • View on map Find the location of your phone on a map. With AndroidLost you can find your phone with GPS precision. Even if the phone is indoor you will get a nearby location by network accuracy.
  • Send SMS'es from your PC You can send SMS'es directly from your phone by typing them on AndroidLost. All replies will still go to your phone.
  • Lock the phone You can lock and unlock the phone from the web. If you forget your pincode you can simply overwrite it or remove it by entering an empty pincode on the web.
  • Wipe the phone Don't want your personal messages in the hands of anyone else? With AndroidLost you may wipe the entire phone so all SMS'es, contact and google setup is removed.
  • Pop up messages on the phone Send a message to the friendly guy who have found your phone so you may let him know where to give it back.
  • Forward your calls You can send keys to the dialer of your phone. That way you can forward your calls from your mobile to a nearby phone.
  • No battery use AndroidLost will not use any battery since it does not poll any server to find out if it is lost. It uses the latest technology from google to send messages to the phone.
  • No pre installation required You didn't install AndroidLost on your phone? No problem! You can push the AndroidLost app to your phone from google market and initiate the connection to googles servers by sending an SMS with the message "androidlost register" to your phone.
  • Read status Detect how much battery is left, display IMEI, SIM card ID and much more.
  • SMS commands You can set up a phonenumber which can control you phone, i.e. start the alarm by sending an SMS to your phone.
  • Erase SD card Click a button and your SD card will be erased! Very useful if you have some naughty pictures on your sd card.
  • SIM card changed When the SIM card is changed an email will be sent to the owner of the phone.
  • Hidden SMS When the phone receives an SMS it plays a sound and displays an icon in the notification bar. But if it starts with androidlost it will not play any sound and not display any notification.
  • Call list A list of incomming and outgoing calls will be sent to your email.
  • Camera AndroidLost can take pictures with the front facing camera in case the phone is stolen. Only for android 2.3.
  • Tablets Honeycomb I think I have fixed it so AndroidLost works on tablets. The call functions will obviously fail if the tablet have no phone installed.
  • Text to speech You can make your phone speak out load. Suppose you have lost it on a café then you can make the phone say: 'I am lost - please pick me up!'
  • Multiple phones on the same account

Here are some others you can use:

SeekDroid does the following:

  • Locate your device
  • Remotely Enable GPS
  • Display its location on a map
  • Audible alarm (even on silent) w/ custom message
  • Lock device w/ custom code
  • Retrieve recent calls
  • Remotely wipe entire phone
  • Remotely wipe SD Card
  • Hide from app drawer
  • Disable App from being uninstalled
  • Virtually no battery drain
  • Works without a SIM Card
  • Reteive SIM ID, IMEI, and active phone number

and WatchDroidPro does the following:

  • Get your phone position (by network or GPS)
  • Retrieve current SIM information (useful when someone put another SIM card in your phone)
  • Share your position to friend
  • SIM substitute protection
  • Make it ringing even if the ringer is off
  • Wipe data
  • Lock your device

All of these should do what you're looking for :)


Prey is possibly another option. I don't see a "remote wipe" feature, but there are these two features listed:

  1. No unauthorized access Fully lock down your PC, making it unusable unless a specific password is entered. The guy won't be able to do a thing!

  2. Keep your data safe Hide your Outlook or Thunderbird data and optionally remove your stored passwords, so no one will be able to look into your stuff.


Changing your google password will prevent the phone from syncing with your google account, but will not remove data already on the device.

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