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Where do I find my iPhone's recovery key?

Where do I find my recovery key? The message says, “you can use your recovery key” but I don’t remember making one. I’ve looked in my settings and can’t find anything about it.


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Posted on Nov 21, 2022 8:48 PM

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Posted on Nov 21, 2022 9:03 PM

Recovery key is optional.


This article explains how it’s done:


How to generate a recovery key - Apple Support


CAUTION: Generating a recovery key inhibits Apple account recovery service.


You are solely responsible for maintaining your credentials; if you loose them for whatever reason, your account will become permanently inaccessible to you.


Use with caution, and I’d suggest ONLY if you have a fairly mature disaster recovery plan in-place.


i.e. if a regional natural disaster were to carry-away ALL of your trusted devices and home and office paperwork …


… can you STILL get yourself back into all your accounts starting with ONLY your memory and a browser ???

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Nov 21, 2022 9:03 PM in response to Itsjustme1993

Recovery key is optional.


This article explains how it’s done:


How to generate a recovery key - Apple Support


CAUTION: Generating a recovery key inhibits Apple account recovery service.


You are solely responsible for maintaining your credentials; if you loose them for whatever reason, your account will become permanently inaccessible to you.


Use with caution, and I’d suggest ONLY if you have a fairly mature disaster recovery plan in-place.


i.e. if a regional natural disaster were to carry-away ALL of your trusted devices and home and office paperwork …


… can you STILL get yourself back into all your accounts starting with ONLY your memory and a browser ???

Where do I find my iPhone's recovery key?

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