lost itunes backup password

I want to backup my iPhone 6 to a PC. I cannot remember the password I used to encrypt. I am happy to delete the old backup and do a new backup but don't know how to do this without the old password

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Posted on Dec 3, 2019 7:38 AM

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turingtest2

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Dec 3, 2019 9:11 AM in response to julesmbrown

See Disable iOS backup encryption - Apple Community. You can backup to iCloud and then restore to remove the encryption password from a future backup to iTunes.

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