Wiping iPhone without passcode or recovery mode

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Wiping iPhone without passcode or recovery mode

I have an iPhone 14 pro that needs to go back to Verizon as part of a trade-in deal. I transferred everything I need to my spiffy new iPhone, so that's all good. I went reset my old iphone, and messed up. Now it's locked. I want to make sure all my data is off of it, but because I thought it would wipe it if I just put the wrong passcode in frequently enough, it says iPhone Unavailable. I don't want to recover anything on it, just make sure it's completely wiped. How do I do that? Or have I done that by letting it completely lock?

Posted on Dec 12, 2025 12:18 PM

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Dec 12, 2025 12:37 PM in response to Cate Patterson

Normally if it says unavailable there is a reset iphone button bottom of screen which will wipe it.

Or if you have a computer use recovery mode.

But as it is, your data is inaccessible to anyone. Depends on what Verizon require.

use If you’ve forgotten your iPhone passcode or your iPhone is disabled – Apple Support (UK)

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