Forgot restrictions passcode on iPhone or iPad

You will be restoring your phone to factory state, not restoring from a back up. Yes, it will erase everything on the phone.

kapila222 wrote:

how you turn off restriction code on my iphone 7

See this support document, Use parental controls on your child's iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support

Cannot turn off code for restrictions, forgot it

Follow the steps provided many many times over in the very thread you replied to to restore the device and remove the restrictions passcode.

The post on this site is rather long, I would have copied and pasted.

This worked for me: https://nkaliz.blogspot.com/2020/06/How-to-fix-enter-restriction-passcode-on-iphone-or-ipad.html?m=1

You read past the first post of this 58 page thread and click the link in the Apple Recommended reply just below the very post you replied to.

If you mean how to reset the device back to factory defaults you can use recovery mode, see half-way down : If you forgot the passcode for your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, or your device is disabled - Apple Support

If you mean how to reset the restrictions code you need to remember the current code in order to change it

I decided to reset my iPad 3 running IOS 8.3 to factory default setting as I had over 3000 photos synced from iPhoto would not erase; iTunes got stuck in "Waiting to sync" for hours. I've done resets before, mainly to free up "Other" taking up gigabytes of space, and for the first time ever this restrictions password came up, I know I have never set one. It was not in adoptions.plist as suggested by Tikara_NZ and 1234 didn't work either. I logged onto iCloud web and reset it from there although I was warned that some features may be restricted, I have yet to find out which ones, if any.

These are the perils of upgrading "old" hardware to the latest IOS. My personal leason leant is not to do it.

It may sound a bit crazy, but after 15 failed attempts to enter the restriction password I "supposedly" set up, the combination 1111 WORKED!

Not like I would ever choose that set of numbers, but the good news is you can give it a try and hope for the best. If this combination doest work, try 2222 or 3333... etc.

PS Iknow it is a pain in the neck to keep trying wrong passwords because the phone will not let you try another in 15 mins or 1 hr, but you can cheat the system by adjusting the time manually, that way you can try them back to back.

i dont think u can rest your code but there are some ways you can reset without losing your data

1. back up to itunes

restore and use the same backup and you get your data back

if that did not work

restore your ipod

What I read, was that most likely my passcode for restrictions was 1234, because Apple made a default setting to one of their software updates a while back. I would at least just try to plot in 1234, if you certainly don’t remember having set a restrictions passcode before. That was at least my case, and it worked. I was then able to fix my phone.

Not sure how old this post is, but I my kids lost their Restrictions passcodes on their iPads. I don't recall where I found the Youtube link, but I thought it was on this website. Regardless, I watched a YouTube video and downloaded their free software and recovered the Restrictions passcode on one iPad. I ran virus checkers and didn't find any problems. Standard disqualifiers about using free stuff from the internet apply. Here's my old post:

This Youtube link worked like a champ on iPad 4 Mini, ios 9.2.1. I just bought this and restored a backup from iPad 4. The code it found wasn't anything I set...no idea how it got there. 0000, 1234 didn't work. Another 4-digit code in the plist file didn't work. Watch the video; it's easy. First try.

OK.....Since you're clearly not capable of looking in the thread you responded to, here, just for you, is the answer:

Click on this link --> If you forgot the passcode on your iPhone, or your iPhone is disabled - Apple Support

Angelascardigno wrote:

I want to rest my restrictions password

Read the very thread you replied to. Including the Apple Recommended

post at the top. It has steps to reset the password, or steps to restore

your device if you cannot reset the passcode.

You don't need an Apple computer (e.g. friend's, family member's, Apple Store, authorised repairer), to reset a device back to factory defaults using recovery mode you just need a PC or Mac with a high enough version of iTunes on it - recovery mode instructions are half-way down : https://support.apple.com/kb/HT204306

Vk@007 wrote:

How to recover restriction passcode if forgot

Please read the four-page thread that you just posted in for further advice.