Q&A for How to Find a USPS Tracking Number

If the package was delivered to an address other than what is printed on the package, either return it to any post office, or call 1-800-ASK-USPS to have the Postal Service pick up the package for free. If the package was correctly delivered to someone who is not at your address, you are not obligated to do anything (you can keep the package), or contact the sender and tell them what happened (or you can write "Return To Sender" on the package and give it back to USPS).

You can check on your email or message service. Check your email for a shipping confirmation from an online retailer.

In the U.S., the automated kiosk at the post office gives out receipts just like the receipts a clerk would give you, which have your package's tracking number.

Call your local post office. Ask for the phone number to your local Consumer Affairs office where you can file a missing mail complaint. Then, the local sorting hub will look for that item. (A hub is an office in a larger city near your city.) A good rule is to put the TO and FROM addresses on a paper inside the package, as well as on the outside.

There are 2 reasons - if it was after Covid-19 lockdowns started. First reason: Short staffing. Second reason: Former US President Donald J. Trump appointed an Inspector who took out sorting machines and had them decommissioned, so that workers must go back to a process of hand-sorting, which is more time consuming.

You can't. The package must be sent from a US Postal Service office. Otherwise, people everywhere could affix a tracking number, without paying for it, and make false claims.

The only possibility is if a card was used to pay for shipping. You could possibly search by card number or just names, but once shipped, there isn't much you can do.

It doesn't matter. Computers ignore spaces. They're used merely as a convenience for us in viewing and speaking the numbers.