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I forgot my apple iPhone encrypt password, or it is not recognizing my last encrypt iPhone backup password. How do I get it back or reset it?

I forgot my apple iphone encrypt password, or it is not recognizing my last encrypt password. How do I get it back or reset it?

iPhone 4, iOS 7.1

Posted on Apr 26, 2014 10:30 PM

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Posted on Jun 24, 2017 11:40 AM

You do not reset the backup passcode. If you have forgotten the encryption passcode for your backup, you will have to restore the phone to remove it, and cannot use your backup to restore since it contains the passcode. See this.


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This comes from this support document. About encrypted backups in iTunes - Apple Support

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Jun 24, 2017 11:40 AM in response to darryl212

You do not reset the backup passcode. If you have forgotten the encryption passcode for your backup, you will have to restore the phone to remove it, and cannot use your backup to restore since it contains the passcode. See this.


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This comes from this support document. About encrypted backups in iTunes - Apple Support

Oct 15, 2017 10:27 AM in response to Tariq963

Given the fact that the encryption password only resides on the device and your iTunes, no one has access to it, since the password itself is encrypted, and only at the point of your device. A change to iOS 11 has enabled one to at least remove the encryption checkmark from iTunes, which could not be done before, which allows one to create a new backup after restoring the device, which couldn't be done before. See this support document, under the section, If You Can't remember the password. About encrypted backups in iTunes - Apple Support

I forgot my apple iPhone encrypt password, or it is not recognizing my last encrypt iPhone backup password. How do I get it back or reset it?

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