How to remove Activation Lock on my iPhone when I don't know the previous owner?

Hello~ Click on below and read more about the Activation Lock…

Activation Lock for iPhone and iPad - Apple Support

As the others here mention you can’t bypass this feature and no one here nor Apple can remove it. Return it for a refund or drop it off at a local law enforcement agency. In your position…I would not keep it.

~Katana-San~

progress257 wrote:

Hello please I got an iPhone 14 and is showing iPhone locked by owner and I have no idea of who the real owner is ....so please how do I open the phone

You do not.

You "have no idea of who the real owner is" – so you don't have the credentials the phone is asking for. Nor will Apple remove the Activation Lock for you under these circumstances. The Activation Lock will stay in place – to protect the interests of the real owner, as Apple designed it to do.

If you found this phone somewhere, turn it in to a lost & found department at a nearby store, shopping mall, or police department. Maybe the real owner will come looking for the phone and will get it back.

It's a brick. If you can't return it and get your money back, put it in the recycle bin at your local Apple Store or other electronics store.

There is no way to bypass the activation lock.

For starters, where did you get this iPhone? Activation Lock, a security feature that prevents unauthorized use of your iPhone if it’s lost or stolen, is also exploited by third-party sellers, selling the iPhone practically unusable to unsuspecting buyers.

You don’t know who the owner is, neither do we or Apple. Next time, buy from Apple or an Apple Authorized Retailer.

⇢ The All Too Common SAD Reality of Buying … - Apple Community

Agreed, do not keep the Activation Locked iPhone, it can also be tracked via Find My by the original owner.

Hello~ Correct as *Servant of Cats* points out…this can be a safety issue.

~Katana-San~

Thanks Katana-San 😊