How do I unlink my iPhone from another Apple Account?

i had a previous account with my previous company and it passed the initial user to my personal phone



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Posted on Apr 8, 2025 8:54 AM

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Apr 8, 2025 11:25 AM in response to adelinak

So now your phone is activation locked to an Apple account you no longer have access to.

There are only 2 options.


A: Regain access to that Apple account so that you can sign out of it on the device and start over.

B: Provide the original proof of purchase from Apple or an authorized retailer to Apple to have the activation lock removed.


How to remove Activation Lock - Apple Support


If you can't do either one of those, the device is effectively a brick.

There is no way to bypass the activation lock. You need the credentials for the account used to lock it or proof of purchase.

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Apr 8, 2025 9:22 AM in response to adelinak

I'm going to take a wild guess and say you restored a backup made from your old company phone to your new personal phone, resulting in the new phone being locked to an old company linked Apple account that you no longer have access to...


Is that correct?


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