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I forgot my recovery key

Hello!


What do I do if i dont remember my recovery key? Where do I find it?


I am trying to reset my password that I forgot for logging in to my Macbook Pro.


Thanks in advance



MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Sep 16, 2021 4:07 AM

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Posted on Sep 16, 2021 4:23 AM

Hi,

Do you have any other apple devices that still signing in using that account?

If yes, you can try to generate new recovery key from tge setting.

If no devices and you can’t found recovery key so that you won’t be able to reset your apple id password and suggest to create new apple id.

You can read about recovery key at this link https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208072


Thanks,

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Sep 16, 2021 4:23 AM in response to Louis414

Hi,

Do you have any other apple devices that still signing in using that account?

If yes, you can try to generate new recovery key from tge setting.

If no devices and you can’t found recovery key so that you won’t be able to reset your apple id password and suggest to create new apple id.

You can read about recovery key at this link https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208072


Thanks,

I forgot my recovery key

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