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I am the legal owner of the Apple iPad I have; however, I have not used it in a long time, so I forgot my passcode. Although I had this information on my computer, the computer crashed, and I was wondering how I can either obtain the old passcode, or generate a new one to access the iPad?
iPad, iOS 10
Keeping in mind that the procedure to re-gain access to your iPad erases all data on your device (so, if you don't have a backup, you'll loose everything), these are the instructions:--> If you forgot the passcode on your iPad, or your iPad is disabled
Regards
Giulio
Keeping in mind that the procedure to re-gain access to your iPad erases all data on your device (so, if you don't have a backup, you'll loose everything), these are the instructions:--> If you forgot the passcode on your iPad, or your iPad is disabled
Regards
Giulio
A forgotten passcode cannot be recovered or directly reset on the device. However, it is possible to restore the iPad to a functional state with a PC or Mac computer. As already cautioned by ProustGiulio, unless you have an pre-existing iCloud or iTunes backup, your locally stored data is now lost.
If your iPad is disabled, or you have forgotten your iPad passcode, you’ll need to follow this process:
https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT211078
You’ll need access to either a PC (with iTunes installed) or a Mac (with iTunes or Finder - as appropriate for the installed version of MacOS).
You’ll also need your AppleID and associated password. If these have also been forgotten, they can be recovered here:
To recover your credentials, you’ll need access to one of the following:
Unless you AppleID account has not been fully/correctly configured, or has been seriously neglected, recovery of the AppleID and password should not be difficult.
More information about recovery of your AppleID:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201354
More information about recovery of your AppleID password:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201487
When you recover access to your credentials, you would be well advised to log-in to your AppleID account from a web browser - and verify/update any email addresses and trusted telephone numbers:
Thank you, Giuliano’s!
Thank you, Giulio! Sorry for misspelling your name in the previous message, but the spell check changed it.
Blessings,
Sheryl
My pleasure, Sheryl.
No worries: Giulio derives from that name (like Rob comes from Robert... and so on).
Forgot My Passcode for Apple iPad
