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Screen time passcode issues

My ipad does not say "forgot password" when clicking on change screen time passcode. Now what do I do because I cannot unlock it and do not ever remember even putting a code into my own ipad for this?

Sounds like a common problem for many from what I've fread.

Posted on Oct 10, 2020 1:50 AM

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Posted on Oct 10, 2020 2:02 AM

If you have forgotten the ScreenTime passcode, one of these two procedures should resolve the problem:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211021


If your iPad is capable of supporting iPadOS 13.x, you should update to the most current version before attempting to resolve a forgotten ScreenTime passcode. The most recent iPadOS updates have introduced a new mechanism whereby a forgotten ScreenTime passcode can be reset without wiping the iPad. The current version is iPadOS 14.0.1.


To reset a forgotten ScreenTime passcode on older versions of iOS/iPadOS, the iPad must be reset “as new”, losing all locally stored data.


I hope this information is helpful to you in successfully resetting your forgotten passcode.

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Oct 10, 2020 2:02 AM in response to Lucyamund

If you have forgotten the ScreenTime passcode, one of these two procedures should resolve the problem:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211021


If your iPad is capable of supporting iPadOS 13.x, you should update to the most current version before attempting to resolve a forgotten ScreenTime passcode. The most recent iPadOS updates have introduced a new mechanism whereby a forgotten ScreenTime passcode can be reset without wiping the iPad. The current version is iPadOS 14.0.1.


To reset a forgotten ScreenTime passcode on older versions of iOS/iPadOS, the iPad must be reset “as new”, losing all locally stored data.


I hope this information is helpful to you in successfully resetting your forgotten passcode.

Screen time passcode issues

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