How to remove spyware from my iPhone?

How do I go about removing spyware or the person or persons that have hacked my phone and is now trying to blackmail me 😂😂


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Posted on Feb 14, 2023 12:56 PM

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Posted on Feb 14, 2023 1:06 PM

Your phone has not been hacked.


Chances are you got an email or text message telling you that you’ve been hacked and someone has video of you doing something “naughty” that they took of you using the camera on your phone.


It’s a scam. Ignore it.

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Feb 14, 2023 2:13 PM in response to TedBundAy

Unless you installed apps that you got from a website that required installing a profile (instead of from the app store), or you gave the phone to a stranger for an hour or so, and also gave them the phone’s passcode and your Apple ID password your phone has not been hacked. iPhones cannot be hacked remotely; if your phone is hacked it is essentially because you did something very unwise.


If any of these things happened, restore your phone using DFU mode. DO NOT restore a backup. Do NOT install any apps that you had on the phone before. How To Put An iPhone In DFU Mode, The Apple Way

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