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Can't reset Screentime passcode

I set a screentime passcode month's ago on my daughter's iPhone that I forgot. It will not allow me to reset the password using the Support instructions. (Tried my Apple ID and her's, cause we don't remember who's ID was used originally.) How do I get past this?

iPhone 6s

Posted on Jul 20, 2020 3:15 PM

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Posted on Jul 20, 2020 3:27 PM

Boom_Boom_123 wrote:

It will not allow me to reset the password using the Support instructions.

Do you mean these instructions?

If you forgot your Screen Time passcode - Apple Support


Note iOS 13.4 or higher is required.


If that fails, once a screen time passcode is forgotten, the iPhone must be erased and set up as new.

How to erase your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support

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Jul 20, 2020 3:27 PM in response to Boom_Boom_123

Boom_Boom_123 wrote:

It will not allow me to reset the password using the Support instructions.

Do you mean these instructions?

If you forgot your Screen Time passcode - Apple Support


Note iOS 13.4 or higher is required.


If that fails, once a screen time passcode is forgotten, the iPhone must be erased and set up as new.

How to erase your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support

Jul 20, 2020 3:26 PM in response to Boom_Boom_123

If you mean that you followed the instructions in here, If you forgot your Screen Time passcode - Apple Support, and it didn't work, you have to be running iOS 13.4 or higher. If you aren't, you can update your phone and then try again.


If you cannot update your phone (if you have the 6s, you should be able to update), then you have to restore the phone as new in order to get rid of the screen time code.

Can't reset Screentime passcode

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