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iPhone Backup Password Recovery on ios13

Hi All


I have took a backup of my iphone to my PC via iTunes with the Encrypt Local Backup checkbox checked, for which I never set any password. I then went ahead and erased all my content in my phone. Now when I am trying to restore my backup I am being prompted to enter password for the same.


Is there any possibility to restore the data? I have no backup available in my iCloud as well.


Any help is much appreciated.


Thanks in advance.

iPhone X, iOS 13

Posted on Apr 20, 2020 7:55 AM

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Apr 20, 2020 8:25 AM in response to Satya_Narayana_Jakka

You can check and see if the password was saved in your keychain. There is an option to do that when you first check Encrypt Backup. And if there is a password you must have entered it at some time in the past; passwords do not get assigned by magic. If you have a company email account on your phone your administrator may have required encrypted backups, but you would still have had to choose the password the first time (which could have been months or years earlier).

May 2, 2020 6:37 AM in response to siddhant147

You must have missed the posts that explain that in your situation the only solution is to keep guessing passwords until you hit the right one. You get unlimited guesses, and if you are like most people it is a password you have used elsewhere, probably for some Apple service. And if you have a Mac it might be saved in the keychain app. And you can click on change password and you will be prompted immediately, to save time guessing.


There, now I have summarized most of what has been said already.

iPhone Backup Password Recovery on ios13

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