Yes, but only for packages coming to your own home. FedEx Delivery Manager, a free FedEx account feature for U.S. residential addresses, shows upcoming FedEx deliveries to the address you verify, so you can follow them without a tracking number. FedEx’s public tracking page has no search by street address, so for any other package you need a tracking number, a reference number or a door tag number.
That difference matters. Delivery Manager is a recipient tool: it links shipments to you because your name and verified address match the label. It can’t look up packages going to someone else’s address, and senders can’t use it to find a shipment by the recipient’s street. The sections below cover each method FedEx actually supports, what you need for it, and what to do when a package doesn’t show up. For the wider picture of how FedEx scans and delivers parcels, our FedEx tracking and delivery guide explains every stage.
Can You Track a FedEx Package by Address?
Only through a FedEx Delivery Manager account tied to your own address. No FedEx tool lets you type a street address into a search box and see every package bound for it. Here is what each FedEx method needs:
| Method | Who it’s for | What you need | Shows packages without a tracking number? |
|---|---|---|---|
| FedEx Delivery Manager | Recipients at a U.S. residential address | A free fedex.com account and a verified home address | Yes, for eligible shipments matched to your address |
| Track by reference | Senders and recipients who know an order, invoice or PO number | The reference plus the shipper’s account number, or the ship date, destination country and destination postal code | Yes, if the reference gives a unique match |
| Door tag number | Recipients who missed a delivery | The DT number on the tag FedEx left | Yes |
| Tracking number | Anyone with the number | The tracking number from the label or shipping notification | No, the number is the lookup |
| Shipping history | Senders with a FedEx account | Login to the account that created the label | Yes, for shipments the account sent |
How Does FedEx Delivery Manager Show Packages Coming to Your Address?
After you sign up and verify your address, Delivery Manager links FedEx shipments addressed to you at that address to your account. You get status updates by email or text, a map view of the package’s progress, and the expected delivery date, without ever entering a tracking number.
Setting it up takes a few steps:
- Create or sign in to a free fedex.com user ID.
- Choose to sign up for FedEx Delivery Manager and enter your name and home address exactly as senders write it.
- Verify the address. FedEx offers activation by text or by a code sent in the mail, and the mailed code takes longer to arrive.
- Set your notification preferences for email or text alerts.
Once your account is active, the free features include delivery notifications, picture proof of delivery (or of an attempted delivery), saved delivery instructions for the driver, a vacation hold of up to 14 days, and redirecting a package to a FedEx retail location for pickup. You can also sign for packages remotely with a signature release, except for shipments that require an adult or direct signature. FedEx charges extra for some options, such as picking a specific delivery date or time window, and shows only the options each shipment is eligible for.
Why Isn’t My FedEx Package Showing in Delivery Manager?
A missing package usually means FedEx hasn’t matched it to your account yet. Check these causes in order:
- The shipper hasn’t handed it over. A label can exist days before FedEx scans the package. Until that first scan, there is often nothing to show.
- The name or address doesn’t match. A missing apartment or suite number, a nickname or a misspelled street can keep a package off your list. Use the exact name and address senders use.
- It isn’t going to a residence. Delivery Manager supports packages delivered to residential addresses, so shipments to your office won’t appear in a home account.
- The shipper restricted changes. Some shippers limit delivery options or block destination changes, so a package may appear with fewer controls than you expect.
- The scans have stalled. If a package was showing but stopped moving, see our guide to fixing FedEx tracking that is not updating.
How Can You Track FedEx Without a Tracking Number?
Track by reference is the main option when you know an order number but not the tracking number. On FedEx’s tracking page you can enter up to 30 references, such as a purchase order, invoice or customer reference number the shipper put on the label. With the shipper’s account number, FedEx returns every matching shipment on that account. Without it, you add the ship date (FedEx accepts dates within 15 days either side), the destination country and the destination postal code. Without an account number FedEx only shows unique matches, and if a reference matches several shipments you pick the FedEx service and resubmit.
Our explainer on what a FedEx reference number is and how to use it for tracking shows where those numbers appear on receipts and order emails. If FedEx left a door tag after a missed delivery, its number starts with “DT” followed by 12 digits and works like a tracking number. Door tags are used only in the U.S. and Canada.
When none of these work, contact the sender. Retailers and marketplaces include the FedEx tracking number in the shipping confirmation, and a small business can look it up in seconds.
Can a Sender Track a FedEx Shipment by the Recipient’s Address?
No. FedEx doesn’t offer a public lookup by recipient address. A sender who shipped from a fedex.com account can find the shipment in that account’s history and search it there. Our guide on how to find shipping history on FedEx walks through that search.
For proof that a shipment arrived, FedEx offers signature proof of delivery on delivered FedEx Express and FedEx Ground shipments, but not FedEx SmartPost. Anyone with the tracking number can get a summary letter. A detailed letter, which shows more of the delivery address, requires the 9-digit shipper or payer account number. FedEx keeps this data for up to 18 months after delivery.
Knowing the expected transit time also helps you decide when a package is late rather than just in transit. Our breakdown of FedEx shipping map transit times shows how many business days each FedEx Ground route takes.
Do USPS and UPS Let You Track Packages by Address?
Both offer the same kind of recipient account. USPS Informed Delivery is free and shows tracked USPS packages heading to your verified address, plus previews of incoming letter mail. UPS My Choice for home does the same for UPS packages. Our review of whether UPS My Choice is worth it compares its free and paid tiers, and our UPS tracking and delivery guide covers how UPS tracks a package from pickup to doorstep.
If you get packages from all three carriers, signing up for each recipient account gives you the closest thing to tracking by address. None of them shows another household’s packages.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I track a FedEx package by address without an account?
No. FedEx’s public tracking page searches by tracking number, reference number or door tag number, not by street address. To see packages headed to your address without a tracking number, you need a free fedex.com account enrolled in FedEx Delivery Manager with your home address verified by text or by a code sent in the mail.
Does FedEx Delivery Manager show every package coming to my address?
It shows eligible FedEx shipments that FedEx matches to your name and verified residential address. Packages can be missing if the label has a different name spelling, lacks your apartment number, hasn’t been scanned yet, or is going to a business address. Delivery Manager supports residential deliveries only, so office deliveries won’t appear.
Can I track a FedEx package with just the order number?
Often, yes. FedEx’s track-by-reference option accepts up to 30 references such as order, invoice or PO numbers. Without the shipper’s account number, you also enter the ship date (within 15 days either side), the destination country and the destination postal code, and FedEx displays only unique matches.
Can I track someone else’s FedEx package by their address?
No. Delivery Manager only links packages to the account holder’s own verified home address, and FedEx has no public address search. To follow a package going to another address, you need its tracking number or reference details from the sender, or the sender can check the shipment in the fedex.com account that created the label.
Sources
- FedEx: FedEx Delivery Manager overview (fedex.com/en-us/delivery-manager.html)
- FedEx: Manage your deliveries with FedEx Delivery Manager (fedex.com/en-us/delivery-manager/manage-your-deliveries.html)
- FedEx: Tracking quick help, track by reference, door tag and signature proof of delivery (fedex.com/en-us/quick-help/tracking/f_quickhelp.html)
- USPS: Informed Delivery
- UPS: UPS My Choice for home
If you are weighing carriers on their delivery tools as well as speed, our roundup of the 7 best shipping services and solutions compares what each one offers recipients.
Part of our FedEx Tracking and Delivery guide. Related: FedEx Tracking Not Updating, FedEx Shipping Map Times, FedEx Bill of Lading Tracking.
