iTunes asking for backup password???

I was having the same problem, for me it was the microsoft exchange account password.

Forget trying endless passwords & wierd fix ideas and just do this:

1. Disconect your USB cable from the computer to your iDevice
2. Sign out of your iTunes account in your computer
3. Connect your USB again back to your computer
4. Sign in again with your I tunes password
5. Exit iTunes
6. Open Safari / Preferences / Privacy and clear the apple.com cookie
7. Restart iTunes and connect your iDevice
8. In iTunes click on Devices (choose yours) / Summary Tab / Backups section / then click "Restore Backup" and choose the correctly dated backup
9. If checked, UNCHECK the encryption box and enter your AppleID password at the prompt
10. If the encryption box isn’t checked, check it and create a new password (just use your AppleID password for consistency), then uncheck that same box (which will prompt you for your newly entered password)
11. Finally click "Restore Backup" and choose the correctly dated backup

Roscoe Eugenius

i have got a new iPhone 5 as a replacement for my old one.

before resetting my old one i had created a back-up without password.

iTunes asked me for back-up password when restoring the back-up on the new iPhone 5.

i tried applying above procedure on the new iPhone but did not work.

then i tried to restore my old iPhone with above procedure and it worked using my Apple ID password.

will now make a back-up with password :-) and copy it to the new one.

If you have a PC where you change your login password on a regular basis (as all good security minded people should) it will be one of your previous PC logins.

Simple

still happening with ios 8 4.5 years after this thread was started with ios 5.

had this happen to my mom. the password was one she *only* uses for work webmail.

I tried everything and nothing worked and i tried 1234 and it just started the restore very weird ..

I could fix it by typing the password for my email account that I use as Apple ID (The Apple ID password and my email account password are different)

I hope this will also help you all

Good Luck

I have tried every password, every passcode, the software doesn't work on a mac just a PC. There have been so many problems with my iphone and now this. I have probably bought 100 apple products over the years, maybe $40,000 -- they are doing crap work these days.

I had the same issue and iv tried everything but than I used 123456

and it worked 😐

I don't remember I set a password for my backup😠

Ok this for all of you guys who have no idea what password you set up.

First i will provide a photo of the main screen you should be looking at.

1. When you first plug your phone in you will have your back up window come up with different options.

2. In the Back up window under (automatically back up) make sure (this computer) option is ticked

3.Just below it there is an option to tick (Encrypt iphone back up) tick this option.

4. A window will pop up asking you to set a new password.

5. Set up Password and click (set password) to confirm. IMMEDIATELY CLICK CANCEL STRAIGHT AFTER. what this does is overides whatever password you had before but stops the phone from syncing new data.

6.Now you can click on restore back up and when it ask for that stupid password just type in the one you set up in step 5.

Hope this helps

the password that is asked for the restore backup is a previous lock screen password (4 digit passcode).

I say that based on my issue as I tried a trial software called: iPhone Backup Unlocker Standard, and it helped me to remember one of my passcodes (cuz it told me 2 digits out of 4) that I used to set on my iphone.
by the way I faced this problem when I updates my ios from 7.1.2 to 8.1.2.

the password that is asked for the restore backup is a previous lock screen password (4 digit passcode).

I say that based on my issue as I tried a trial software called: iPhone Backup Unlocker Standard, and it helped me to remember one of my passcodes (cuz it told me 2 digits out of 4) that I used to set on my iphone.
by the way I faced this problem when I updates my ios from 7.1.2 to 8.1.2.

the password that is asked for the restore backup is a previous lock screen password (4 digit passcode).

I say that based on my issue as I tried a trial software called: iPhone Backup Unlocker Standard, and it helped me to remember one of my passcodes (cuz it told me 2 digits out of 4) that I used to set on my iphone.
by the way I faced this problem when I updates my ios from 7.1.2 to 8.1.2.

Why are you posting the same answer over and over? One reply will do.

GB

I too suddenly encountered an encrypted iTunes backup. Tried every password I have for iTunes, Computer, etc etc, and then tried "password" and it worked. Hope this helps others.