How to Find Packages Coming to My Address (All Carriers)

To find packages coming to your address, sign up for the free address-based accounts each carrier offers: USPS Informed Delivery, UPS My Choice and FedEx Delivery Manager. Once your address is verified, each one lists incoming shipments addressed to you, including ones you didn't order yourself. Add your Amazon orders and the tracking numbers from shipping emails, and you have the full picture.

Below is how to set up each account, what each one misses, and how to keep every tracking number in a single list so you stop checking five websites.

Can you see every package headed to your address?

Mostly, yes. When a sender prints a shipping label, the carrier links that package to your street address. If you have a verified account with that carrier, the package appears in your dashboard, often before it has even left the warehouse. That includes birthday gifts, warranty replacements and the box your aunt mailed without telling you.

Picture a normal week. You ordered shoes that ship by UPS and a phone charger sent by FedEx. Your sister mailed a gift through USPS. You also have two Amazon orders. Without any setup, that is four or five emails to dig through, and one package you don't even know exists. With the carrier accounts in place, the gift shows up in Informed Delivery the day the label is scanned.

There are gaps, though. Each account only covers its own carrier. Amazon's own drivers don't feed into any of them. Regional couriers have their own systems. The rest of this guide covers how to fill each gap.

How do you set up USPS Informed Delivery, UPS My Choice and FedEx Delivery Manager?

Set up all three in one sitting. It takes about half an hour, and most of that is waiting for verification.

USPS Informed Delivery

1. Go to the Informed Delivery page on usps.com and enter your address to check that it's eligible. Some apartment buildings and business addresses aren't, so check this first.
2. Create a USPS.com account, or sign in to the one you have.
3. Verify your identity. Most people do this online by answering a few questions. If that fails, USPS can mail a code to your address, or you can verify in person at a post office.
4. Turn on email or app notifications for packages, not just mail.
5. Open the dashboard. You'll see incoming USPS packages and grayscale images of the letter-size mail arriving that day.

UPS My Choice

The basic membership is free. Create a UPS account, add your home address and complete the verification step. UPS may ask you questions online or send a code by mail. After that, packages addressed to you appear with an estimated delivery window, and you can often leave delivery instructions or ask UPS to hold a package. There is also a paid premium tier with extra options. Check the current price on ups.com before you decide it's worth it.

FedEx Delivery Manager

Also free. Sign up on fedex.com, enter your address and verify it. You'll see incoming FedEx shipments, can sign for some packages online and set a vacation hold. A few delivery changes carry a fee, and FedEx shows it before you confirm.

DHL

DHL works differently depending on the country and the service. For most people in the US, a DHL Express package comes with a tracking number from the sender, and DHL's On Demand Delivery lets you set preferences once you have that number. Don't count on DHL to surface packages you don't know about.

One tip that saves headaches: type your address the same way the post office does. If your account says "Apt 4B" and senders write "#4B", matching usually still works. If packages you know about never appear, though, check the address format in your account first.

Which service shows which packages?

Service	Carrier	Cost	What it shows	Setup
USPS Informed Delivery	USPS	Free	Incoming USPS packages plus images of letter mail	Identity verification
UPS My Choice	UPS	Free basic, paid premium	Incoming UPS packages and delivery windows	Address verification
FedEx Delivery Manager	FedEx	Free, some options paid	Incoming FedEx packages and delivery options	Address verification
Amazon Your Orders	Amazon and partners	Free with an account	Only orders placed on your Amazon account	Amazon login
Shipping emails	Any	Free	Orders you placed with online stores	None

What about Amazon orders and other online stores?

Many Amazon packages travel with Amazon's own vans and drivers. Those never appear in USPS, UPS or FedEx dashboards. Check them under Your Orders in the Amazon app or website. When Amazon hands an order to USPS or UPS, it can show up in both places. Amazon usually gives you the carrier's tracking number on the order's tracking page.

For every other store, the tracking number sits in the shipping confirmation email. Search your inbox for "shipped", "tracking number" or "on its way". If you shop a lot, create an email filter or label for these messages so they don't get buried under promotions.

Gifts ordered on Amazon by someone else are the hardest to spot. You won't see them in your account. But if Amazon hands the package to USPS, Informed Delivery will usually catch it.

How do you keep all your tracking numbers in one place?

Carrier accounts are good at discovering packages. They are bad at giving you one view. You end up with three apps, an Amazon tab and a pile of emails. The fix is to copy every tracking number into a single multi-carrier tracker.

1. Collect the numbers. Copy them from Informed Delivery, UPS My Choice, FedEx Delivery Manager, the Amazon tracking page and your shipping emails.
2. Add them to one tracking app. I use Parcel Tracker (iPhone, Android). You point the camera at a tracking number or barcode, or paste the number, and it detects the carrier on its own. It covers USPS, UPS, FedEx, DHL and Amazon, plus carriers like La Poste, Colissimo, Chronopost and GLS if you order from Europe.
3. Turn on push notifications. You get an alert at each step, from picked up to out for delivery, without refreshing anything.
4. Add the Home Screen widget. On iPhone, Live Activities also put the delivery status on your Lock Screen, which is handy on the day something is out for delivery.
5. Clear out delivered parcels once they're in your hands, so the list only shows what's still coming.

Keep in mind that a tracking app follows the numbers you give it. It doesn't scan your address. That's why the carrier accounts still matter: they find the surprise packages, and the app keeps them all on one screen.

Why isn't a package showing up for my address?

If you know something is on the way but can't see it anywhere, run through these causes.

• The label exists but nothing has been scanned yet. A sender can print a label days before handing the box over. Tracking often shows "label created" or nothing at all until the first scan. Give it a business day or two.
• The address doesn't match. A missing apartment number, a typo in the street name or an old address on the sender's file can keep the package out of your dashboard.
• The carrier changed mid-route. Some economy services pass packages to USPS for the final leg. The package may show under one carrier's account and not the other, or switch tracking numbers partway.
• It's with a regional courier. Couriers such as OnTrac, or local delivery firms used by some stores, aren't covered by the big three. Use the tracking number from the sender.
• Amazon is delivering it. Check Your Orders, not the carrier sites.

If tracking says delivered and nothing is at the door, check with neighbors, look around the building's mail room, and wait until the end of the day. Drivers sometimes scan a package as delivered a little early. If it still isn't there the next day, contact the sender. They hold the shipping contract and can open a claim with the carrier.

How does this work in the UK, Canada and Australia?

The idea is the same everywhere: create an account with the main postal service, verify your address, then track everything else by number.

• United Kingdom: Royal Mail's app and online account let you track items and get notifications. Evri, DPD and Yodel each have their own apps, and DPD usually sends a delivery window by text or email when the sender passes on your phone number.
• Canada: Canada Post's online account and app let you track parcels and set up delivery notifications. Check its site for which options are tied to your address.
• Australia: Australia Post's app and MyPost account can show parcels linked to your details and let you choose where to collect them. StarTrack and Couriers Please use their own tracking.

Because there are more courier brands outside the US, a single tracking app saves even more time. Paste each number into the same list and let it work out the carrier.

Set up the postal and carrier accounts once, make a habit of copying tracking numbers as the emails arrive, and keep them all in Parcel Tracker or whichever multi-carrier app you prefer. You'll know what's arriving before it reaches your doorstep.

Frequently asked questions

Is USPS Informed Delivery free?

Yes, it's free. You need a USPS.com account and must verify your identity, and your address has to be eligible, which some apartment buildings and business addresses are not.

Can I see packages coming to my address without a tracking number?

Yes, if you have verified accounts with USPS Informed Delivery, UPS My Choice and FedEx Delivery Manager. Packages addressed to you show up automatically once the carrier links the label to your address.

Why don't my Amazon packages show up in UPS My Choice or Informed Delivery?

Many Amazon orders are delivered by Amazon's own drivers, and those don't feed into other carriers' accounts. Check Your Orders in the Amazon app for those packages.

How do I track a package someone else sent me?

Ask the sender for the tracking number and add it to a tracking app. If it ships with USPS, UPS or FedEx, it should also appear in your carrier account once the label is scanned.