How To Use Find My Iphone If You Forgot Icloud Password
If you re running ios 11 or later and use two factor authentication to secure your apple id disable activation lock using your device passcode.
How to use find my iphone if you forgot icloud password. If you forgot icloud password you are unable to access these files. If you can t update or restore your iphone using recovery mode or you can t use recovery mode because of broken or stuck buttons contact apple support. Learn more about using a recovery key. But if you enabled find my iphone you need to follow the instructions to do the following on your iphone. If you re asked to enter your apple id and password while you re setting up your iphone learn what to do.
Unlock and reset will be done automatically if your find my iphone is disabled. In some cases you may be able to reset your password using a trusted phone number and trusted email. Of course it takes a while wait patiently and you will successfully reset the iphone without icloud password. However disabling find my iphone will ask for the restriction password if you have set up your iphone with one. If you use a recovery key for account security you can use it to help reset your password on your iphone ipad or ipod touch.
If you forgot your apple id password you ll need to reset it. Then follow the steps to set up service for your iphone. Then it will reset your iphone. Also your password protects your ability to locate or remotely erase your device using find my iphone. Reset your icloud password via the find my iphone app this method works by using the find my iphone app on a device not associated with your apple id account.
So if you have not enabled find my iphone feature then below follow the steps to factory reset iphone without icloud password. If your account uses two step authentication and you re currently logged in to your icloud mail account on your iphone ipad ipod touch or mac skip to when two step authentication is enabled for a quicker password reset solution.