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My 96 year old mother set up an apple account a few years ago. Today when she tried to log in her account was locked due to security reasons. She has her apple ID and password, but can't remember her email to reset the password or the 2 security questions. Where can I get help for her?
The email to reset the password and the 2 security questions should be her Apple ID Email address.
See the Apple Support article(s) below.
If your Apple ID is locked or disabled - Apple Support. *
If you have changed your ID or password, have you followed the steps in this article? Make sure you turn of Find My Phone before signing out of the old ID. Once signed out and Find My Phone is off, then sign in with the new ID, then turn Find My Phone back on.
What to do after you change your Apple ID or password - Apple Support. *
If necessary, contact Apple ID Support for assistance. See the Apple Support articles below for contact information.
Apple ID - Official Apple Support. -
Contact Apple for help with Apple ID account security - Apple Support. * (Link doesn’t always load)
Get Support - Work through the screens to get a chat option. You may have to pick a slightly different problem.
Apple Support schedule phone call. -
If necessary, try Twitter
https://twitter.com/AppleSupport. -
From the Apple Support article below.
Without proof of your identity via security questions and other carefully selected criteria, Apple Support can't help you reset a password or perform any other actions on your account. These policies are audited and reviewed on a regular basis.
Security and your Apple ID - Apple Support. *
If she is being told there isn't enough information to reset them, contact Apple ID Support.
If she doesn't know the answers, if the steps in the article below don’t work, contact Apple ID Support, although based on multiple posts I have read, they will not help you recover the answers to your security questions.
Apple ID - If you forgot the answers to your Apple ID security questions. *
From the article below.
Without proof of your identity via security questions and other carefully selected criteria, Apple Support can't help you reset a password or perform any other actions on your account. These policies are audited and reviewed on a regular basis.
Apple ID - Official Apple Support. -
Contact Apple for help with Apple ID account security - Apple Support. * (Link doesn't always load)
Get Support - Work through the screens to get a chat option.
Apple Support schedule phone call. -
https://twitter.com/AppleSupport. -
See if anything here helps.
Solution to the forgotten Apple ID security questions. -
The email to reset the password and the 2 security questions should be her Apple ID Email address.
See the Apple Support article(s) below.
If your Apple ID is locked or disabled - Apple Support. *
If you have changed your ID or password, have you followed the steps in this article? Make sure you turn of Find My Phone before signing out of the old ID. Once signed out and Find My Phone is off, then sign in with the new ID, then turn Find My Phone back on.
What to do after you change your Apple ID or password - Apple Support. *
If necessary, contact Apple ID Support for assistance. See the Apple Support articles below for contact information.
Apple ID - Official Apple Support. -
Contact Apple for help with Apple ID account security - Apple Support. * (Link doesn’t always load)
Get Support - Work through the screens to get a chat option. You may have to pick a slightly different problem.
Apple Support schedule phone call. -
If necessary, try Twitter
https://twitter.com/AppleSupport. -
From the Apple Support article below.
Without proof of your identity via security questions and other carefully selected criteria, Apple Support can't help you reset a password or perform any other actions on your account. These policies are audited and reviewed on a regular basis.
Security and your Apple ID - Apple Support. *
If she is being told there isn't enough information to reset them, contact Apple ID Support.
If she doesn't know the answers, if the steps in the article below don’t work, contact Apple ID Support, although based on multiple posts I have read, they will not help you recover the answers to your security questions.
Apple ID - If you forgot the answers to your Apple ID security questions. *
From the article below.
Without proof of your identity via security questions and other carefully selected criteria, Apple Support can't help you reset a password or perform any other actions on your account. These policies are audited and reviewed on a regular basis.
Apple ID - Official Apple Support. -
Contact Apple for help with Apple ID account security - Apple Support. * (Link doesn't always load)
Get Support - Work through the screens to get a chat option.
Apple Support schedule phone call. -
https://twitter.com/AppleSupport. -
See if anything here helps.
Solution to the forgotten Apple ID security questions. -
See if anything in Section 3 helps.
Apple ID - Password/Security Questions verification e-mail not received. *
So I used her Apple ID email address to get the recovery code but got an error message that it was locked for security. So the email they send to unlock the account is locked. Catch 22
I don't remember my email address or the 2 security questions to unclock my apple account
