Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – Knowing the location of family or friends is sometimes necessary. Just to find out the location or while monitoring the person’s safety.

You can do this by tracking their cellphone number. This method can be done because the cellphone is always connected to the internet and will broadcast the latest location of the owner or person carrying the device.

You can rely on various applications that are used daily. For example, using WhatsApp, email or Google Maps. Follow these steps to track via cellphone number.

WhatsApp Web

1. Open WhatsApp Web

2. Go to the message of the person whose location you want to track. You can also ask the person to send another message, if the last message is no longer there. This is useful for getting the person’s IP address.

3. Next, press the Ctrl+Alt+Del buttons simultaneously. The combination will get you into Task Manager.

4. Press Windows+R together.

5. Click cmd and tap the Enter key

6. When the command prompt appears, click netstat and press Enter

7. Note the IP address that appears

8. Next go to https://www.ip-adress.com/ip_tracer/ and track the person’s location by entering the IP address obtained previously.

Google Maps

1. Open the Google Maps application

2. Enter the Options menu and go to Friend List. Next select Add Friend or Add Friends

3. Invite the cellphone number of the person whose location you want to know

4. Make sure the cellphone number has accepted the invitation

5. Click the contact you want to track. Next, Google Maps will search for it automatically and tell the person’s location.

Satellite

To use this method, you need Google Maps on the person’s cellphone or device whose location you want to track. Check out the following steps:

1. Open the Google Maps application on the targeted cellphone.

2. Click the menu button

3. Select the location menu, and next go to the share location page and click start

4. There is a location sharing time option, from “For 1 Hour” or “Until disabled”. Click More

5. Enter the number or email you want to use to track the target cellphone. Click send.

E-mail

1. Open the Gmail application via PC or laptop

2. Login to the targeted cellphone email account

3. Select the nine dot icon. Next, click the Google account menu and go to Open My Activity

4. Click Manage Activities

Geolocation

1. Log in to www.geofind-id.com

2. Select the country and enter the cellphone number to be tracked

3. Enter your email and agree to the General Terms and Conditions

4. Enter the credit card number and complete the required data

5. There will be a trial period with a certain time on initial use. Learn how to cancel your subscription when you want to unsubscribe.

Track cell phone numbers via operator

1. Telkomsel: Open the call menu and type *250#. After that, the “View/Edit friends list” display will appear, and enter the cellphone number whose location you want to check. Apart from that, you can also send SMS to 5200 with the format “Friend Name Number”.

2. Indosat: Type *777*6*6# and select the family location menu. Apart from that, you can also SMS to number 9111 and send it in the format “SEARCH NOHP”.

3. XL: Type the dial up code *123*573*1# and select the Family Location menu. You can also send an SMS to 9111 with the format SEARCH NoHP.

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