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hi, I've just got my new iPhone home and synced to my mac. I have accidentally restored my new iPhone to an old backup that has an apple ID I not only don't know password too, the email address no longer exists.

is there an easy way to remove the restored apple id and start again as a new phone

iPhone XR

Posted on Jan 1, 2020 9:33 PM

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Eric Root

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Posted on Jan 2, 2020 7:49 AM

Restore to Factory setting

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Eric Root

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Jan 2, 2020 7:49 AM in response to JPBanyo

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