Recover my Apple ID Password

I want to recover (not reset) my Apple ID Password. How do I do it? If it can’t be recovered, why doesn’t apple just say so on their site?

iPad Pro, iPadOS 18

Posted on Jun 26, 2025 12:50 PM

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Posted on Jun 26, 2025 1:37 PM

Curlylamb wrote:

I want to recover (not reset) my Apple ID Password.

Resetting your Apple Account password is part of the password recovery process.

If you forgot your Apple Account password - Apple Support


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Jun 26, 2025 1:42 PM in response to Curlylamb

1. You check the records at your end.

2. Because that statement wouldn't apply to people who know their password, or have it stored at their end, and may unnecessarily scare people when a reset option exists.


For clarity, there is no password recovery process through Apple; what sberman referenced is an account recovery process. Apple's copy has been run through a one-way encryption algorithm; password tries are also put through it.


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