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What is the Default password of Unencrypted iTunes backup

I backed up my iPhone XR to my PC and unchecked the "Encrypt Local Backup" and did not set a password. When I tried to set up my new iphone 13 with this using Restore Backup, it keeps asking me for a password and I have no clue what to input.


I have tried my phone passcode, 0000, 1234, iTunes password as well as my laptop password but have had no luck. Feeling extremely frustrated.


Can someone please help?



iPhone 13

Posted on Sep 26, 2022 2:18 PM

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Posted on Sep 26, 2022 5:35 PM

See Disable iOS backup encryption - Apple Community. In particular:


If you have forgotten the password, or were not aware that encryption had been enabled, consider that it might be any computer, Apple ID, Wi-Fi password or device PIN that you've used in the past, working from the assumption that you might have reused a common password that you were using when encryption was first activated. See About encrypted backups on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support for details.


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Sep 26, 2022 5:35 PM in response to ljoshi

See Disable iOS backup encryption - Apple Community. In particular:


If you have forgotten the password, or were not aware that encryption had been enabled, consider that it might be any computer, Apple ID, Wi-Fi password or device PIN that you've used in the past, working from the assumption that you might have reused a common password that you were using when encryption was first activated. See About encrypted backups on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support for details.


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What is the Default password of Unencrypted iTunes backup

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