Resetting forgotten parental controls passcode on iPhone

Hi.

If you set up Screen Time with an Apple ID, you can reset the passcode by going to:

Settings > Screen Time > Change Screen Time Passcode > Forgot Passcode

Then enter your Apple ID to reset it.

If you didn’t set up a recovery Apple ID, the only way to remove the passcode is to erase the iPhone completely and set it up as new. Restoring from a backup will bring the passcode back, so it has to be a full reset without restore.

There’s no official way to bypass it otherwise.

Make sure this is being done by the parent or guardian responsible for the device.

We get requests like this all the time from kids (trying to pose as a parent) who are obviously trying to override the parental controls on their phone.

So, most of us tend to be a bit skeptical when we get this type of request.

I learned my lesson the hard way by taking the story in a post at face value (and being tricked into providing information to junior.)

The parent posted back in a separate post and burned my ears off.

Neither Apple nor anyone in this user to user forum are going to help you circumvent your parents authority.

Are you the parent? How would we know that you are?