i forgot the password for a note in the notes application
I can't reset the password for the old note whose password I've lost.
i can only reset the password for future notes.
i want to contact apple support by email to get a solution but i can't find their email.
who can suggest relevant ideas?
the youtube videos on this subject spread false information. they're useless to watch.
iPhone SE, iOS 15
With the traditional Notes password lock, Apple does not save the password anywhere, they use the password as the data encryption and data decryption key. No password, no decryption.
The cryptography also uses robust and secure algorithms with no known back doors.
If you do not know the password, you are indistinguishable from an attacker seeking to access the protected data.
The one thing that does work here are guesses. Unlike most other contexts with passwords, infinite guesses here are permitted.
Look up other passwords you created around the same time as potential reminders.
Look at the password hint, if that was specified.
More recent versions of Notes on iOS can optionally use the device passcode as the Notes passcode, but that has to be selected when the Note is created.
Some background info: Secure features in the Notes app - Apple Support
With the traditional Notes password lock, Apple does not save the password anywhere, they use the password as the data encryption and data decryption key. No password, no decryption.
The cryptography also uses robust and secure algorithms with no known back doors.
If you do not know the password, you are indistinguishable from an attacker seeking to access the protected data.
The one thing that does work here are guesses. Unlike most other contexts with passwords, infinite guesses here are permitted.
Look up other passwords you created around the same time as potential reminders.
Look at the password hint, if that was specified.
More recent versions of Notes on iOS can optionally use the device passcode as the Notes passcode, but that has to be selected when the Note is created.
Some background info: Secure features in the Notes app - Apple Support
There is nothing you can do. All of your statements are true.
You will see Youtube videos that make that claim so you click on them to generate ad dollars to that person.
You may also see programs that you can purchase that make the same claim. They won't work either and are just looking to get money out of you.
You can guess as many times as you want, but no one, not even Apple can help you access notes you locked by password, which you forgot. The Locked Notes Password is fully encrypted on your iPhone and there is NO WAY to bypass the lock. The ONLY way to open them is to enter the correct password you created. You were given the opportunity at the time you created the password to create a locked notes password hint. If you didn't do that, nor write such an important password down for future recall, the notes will be locked forever and no one can help you.
Sorry.
You have discovered the right answer(s) to the forgotten Notes password Issue. If you reset the password, then it only affects the future notes. The previously locked notes will still require the original password to unlock it. You will get unlimited guesses at it. There is no other solution to this but to enter the right password.
Axel F.
Notes_password_forgot wrote:
I can't reset the password for the old note whose password I've lost.
i can only reset the password for future notes.
These are correct statements. There is nothing further that can be done.
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