Safety

If you think someone is monitoring you

If someone may be watching your phone or computer, your safety comes first. Please read this before you remove anything.

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Before you change anything

Removing monitoring software, or changing passwords, can alert the person who installed it. If they could hurt you, talk to a support service first and plan when to do it.
If you can, use a device the other person has never had access to, such as a library computer or a friend's phone.
Write down what you have noticed and when. It may help later.
Our check only finds known tools. It cannot find software designed to hide.

In an emergency, call 999. If you cannot speak, call 999 and press 55 when asked (from a mobile).
National Domestic Abuse Helpline (Refuge): free, 24 hours, 0808 2000 247, or nationaldahelpline.org.uk. Refuge also has tech safety guides.
Men's Advice Line: 0808 801 0327, mensadviceline.org.uk.
Galop (LGBT+ people): 0800 999 5428, galop.org.uk.
Stalking: National Stalking Helpline, 0808 802 0300, suzylamplugh.org.
Scams: if someone asked you to install remote control software, hang up and call your bank using the number on your card. Report scams to Action Fraud (0300 123 2040).

Outside the UK, contact your local emergency number or domestic abuse service.

Someone knows things you only said in messages or calls.
Apps you did not install, or device admin apps and profiles you do not recognise.
Your phone's battery or data runs out much faster than before.
Unknown devices signed in to your Google or Apple account.