If you forgot your Apple ID password

If you have issues when you endeavour to sign in with your Apple ID password, utilise these steps to reset it and regain access to your account.

  • Apply your own device to reset your password
  • Use someone else'southward device to reset your password
  • If you can't change or reset your password

Apply your own device to reset your password

Apply the steps below to reset your password from whatever trusted iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Apple tree Watch, or Mac.

On your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Apple Sentry with watchOS viii or after

  1. Go to Settings.
  2. Tap [your proper name] > Password & Security > Change Password.
  3. If you're signed into iCloud and have a passcode enabled, you'll exist prompted to enter the passcode for your device.
  4. Follow the onscreen steps to update your countersign.

On your Mac with macOS Catalina or later

  1. Choose Apple carte  > Arrangement Preferences, and then click Apple ID.
  2. Click Password & Security. If you lot're asked to enter your Apple tree ID password, click "Forgot Apple ID or countersign" and follow the onscreen instructions. You can skip the final step beneath.
  3. Click Change Password, then enter the password you use to unlock your Mac.

Utilize a trusted telephone number, trusted e-mail, recovery central, or account recovery contact

  • In some cases, you might exist able to reset your countersign using a trusted phone number and trusted electronic mail.
  • If you employ a recovery key for account security, y'all can apply it to help reset your countersign on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. Learn more than about using a recovery primal.
  • If you lot already fix up an business relationship recovery contact, your account recovery contact can help you reset your password on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. Acquire more virtually using an account recovery contact.

Utilize someone else's device to reset your password

Y'all tin can reset your Apple ID password on a friend or family member's iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch using the Apple tree Support app or the Find My iPhone app. You can also visit an Apple Shop and enquire to use a device on site.

Apply the Apple Support app

Ask your friend or family unit member to open the App Shop and download the Apple Support app on their iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. Can't download the Apple tree Support app?

So open the Apple Support app and follow these steps:

  1. Tap Passwords & Security.
  2. Tap Reset Apple tree ID password.
  3. Tap Go Started, so tap "A different Apple ID."
  4. Enter the Apple ID that you need to reset the password for.
  5. Tap Next, and then follow the steps on your screen until you lot receive confirmation that your Apple tree ID password is changed.

Whatever information that you enter will not be stored on the device.

Utilize the Find My iPhone app

If your friend or family unit member uses iOS ix through 12 and they can't download the Apple Back up app, use the Observe My iPhone app instead.

  1. Open the Find My iPhone app.
  2. When a Sign In screen appears, make sure the Apple ID field is empty. If you see someone else's user proper name, erase it.
  3. Tap Forgot Apple ID or Countersign, and so follow the onscreen steps.

Don't see a Sign In screen? Tap Sign Out. After you sign out, make certain the Apple ID field is empty. Then tap Forgot Apple tree ID or Password, and follow the onscreen steps.

If yous tried the previous steps or live in a land or region where Support App is not available, yous can notwithstanding reset your password and regain admission to your account with account recovery. In some cases, you might have the choice to speed upwards the account recovery process or reset your password immediately by verifying a 6-digit code sent to your master email address. Acquire more about account recovery.

If you tin't change or reset your password

If you tried the previous steps and were unable to alter or reset your password, try these steps instead.

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