Q: i keep getting an apple notification asking me to finish changing my passcode, how can i stop this?

Hi Diana, I have the same problem and it's doing my head in now.  I have followed a suggestion from the Apple website but short of wiping the phone and restore nothing is working.  I have set up some bank / store cards on ApplePay and if I go deleting icloud and setting it up again, it will wipe these and I'll have to go back through the rigmarole of setting them back up again!

I have the annoying red number 1 on top of the settings 'app' which is bugging me because the 'follow up' message has disappeared now so really there is nothing there so why have the number 1???

I am hoping that the next iOS update that comes through has a remedy for this bug and once downloaded, will disappear for good.  The London message was a bit off putting too, it was a few days before I plucked up the courage to press the 'allow' key for the fear of a little spotty faced kid sitting in his bedroom hacking into my new phone!

Lets hope someone in the know hears our cries for help soon.

Good luck with yours.

Marc

I too am getting this on brand new Iphone 6 just purchased 3 days ago.  Nothing I have done has fixed it.  I also get this in the notification area.  It takes me to my Icloud account that is already set up.  I tried logging in and out and changing my password.  Nothing works.  I also have a badge on the settings icon on the home screen.  I hope the next IOS update fixes this.

OK, this is a fix that works for me:

Settings -> iCloud -> select your profile -> Password & Security -> Setup Two-Factor Authentication

After you setup the Two-Factor Authentication you will receive a confirmation email. In this email you will find instructions about how to disable the Two-Factor Authentication.

I have this issue too. I disable 2-factor authentication and rebooted my iPhone but I still have the 1 notification on settings and it still tells me that my passcode is pending.

omg same here and it seems apple isn't willing to answer to our cries of help.

Diane its iCloud then go to your profile password security then enable to way factor once u have dome this press on follow up 1 then put in your passcode then the 1 number on your settings will disappear . Once u enable two way factor u can disable it through the email

HI Baz1979 - this doesn't work for me - I si,ply cannot get rid of the red badge on the settings icon, even though the Follow Ups 1 option no longer appears at the top of the settings menu. I have tried every option other than a complete wipe of the phone - can't Apple support themselves advise us here? I get the notification on reboot ask get me to complete the process (even though I have done this many times) HELP US APPLE!!!!

This error message is usually because you enabled the Two-factor authentication for Apple ID and the you turned it off and you have the old Apple ID type.

The message pops up to activate the passcode for the Apple ID Two-Factor authentication as it is needed.

Most probably you have switched back to the normal Apple ID and it cannot upload the passcode on iCloud.

It is like the iPhone does not recognise the old type of the Apple ID

To resolve this sign out of icloud from all of your devices.

Sign back in in one of them and enable the Two-Factor authentication again

(Settings-iCloud-Tap on your Apple ID-Paswword and security-Two-factor)

When you set it up go to the settings and press on the notification and change your passcode again (you the use the same one)

Then the setting notification will disappear.

Then you can go to id.apple.com, sign in to manage your Apple ID, edit the security for you Apple ID and turn off the two-factor authentication if you don't need it or want it

You can use the apple ID again to sign into iCloud in all of your devices.

If the Apple ID type is not refreshed in your device either restart your device or sign out of iCloud and sign back in.

Having the same issue here. Can't get rid of the badge on settings icon after changing password from 4 to 6 digits. I'm repeatedly receiving prompts to complete changing password while connected to wifi. I've done that many times. My password is always accepted, but the badge doesn't clear.

Update: I just updated to ios 9.2. The red badge on the settings icon vanished, finally! Then I received another prompt to finish changing my passcode by connecting to the internet. I reentered my passcode. Then when I went to the home page, I found a red #1 badge on the settings icon. Now I keep following the prompt and it keeps coming back. I'm going around in circles with no solution and no way to get rid of that darn red number one!!! Apple, Help!!!

This step works awesome research if done right it works perfectly    

Reset all settings helped. Badge vanished.

Well I now know that Apple reads these posts because they deleted my last post yesterday.  So how about some sort of guidance from "the company" on a fix for this defect.  I really don't want to enable two factor authentication (again) because it is a huge hassle if you don't have all of your Apple devices handy.  I am running the latest version of code, 9.2, and I'm going crazy with the constant nagging on nearly an hourly basis to "finish changing my passcode".  My company requires a complex passcode which must be changed regularly.  Is this the new normal, constant nagging?

I'm getting the same repeated prompts to finish changing my password. Still have the red notification badge on settings icon. Running 9.2. Have tried everything short of resetting the phone, which I don't want to do.