Reset my iPad password without resetting my computer
Please someone help, I haven't used my iPad in a while and forgot the passcode. I have so much on it, I cant bare to lose, is there anything I can do
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If you have forgotten your iPad passcode, or the iPad is disabled, you’ll need to follow this process:
https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT211078
Unless you have an iCloud or iTunes backup, if the passcode has been forgotten, the locally stored data on the iPad is already lost; the recovery procedure will irretrievably erase this data. The passcode unlocks the encryption key that secures the local data.
You’ll need access to either a PC (with iTunes installed) or a Mac (with iTunes or Finder - as appropriate for the installed version of MacOS).
You will also need your AppleID and associated password. If these have also been forgotten, they can be recovered here:
To recover your credentials, if needed, you’ll need access to one of the following:
- Your primary email address mailbox that corresponds with your AppleID
- Any of the secondary/recovery email addresses that should be configured for your AppleID account
- Any of the trusted telephone numbers (fixed line or Cellular/Mobile) that are associated with your AppleID
Unless you AppleID account has not been fully/correctly configured, or has been seriously neglected, recovery of the AppleID and password should not be difficult.
More information about recovery of your AppleID:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201354
More information about recovery of your AppleID password:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201487
When you recover access to your credentials, you would be well advised to log-in to your AppleID account from a web browser - and verify/update any email addresses and trusted telephone numbers:
