By Achilles Hill | Last Updated
"How to unlock my iPhone if I forgot the password?" You may have this question in some situations. For example, you want to unlock your old iPhone but you have forgotten its passcode because it isn't used for a long time. Or you cannot unlock your iPhone as you often change its passcode and forget the latest one. Luckily, it's available to unlock an iPhone without knowing the password and here are 5 ways for you to unlock your iPhone if forgot passcode.
If you want to unlock your iPhone without the correct passcode easily and effectively, this way is highly recommended to you. iSunshare iPhone Passcode Genius is a reliable and professional software that unlocks your locked iPhone in just a few clicks, and the tool also can remove your Apple ID and screen time passcode.
Step 1: Download and install iPhone Passcode Genius on your Windows computer.
Tips: If there is no iTunes on your Windows computer, you need to install it firstly.
Step 2: Run iPhone Passcode Genius and click the Unlock Lock Screen option.
Step 3: Hit the Start button to continue.
Step 4: Connect your locked iPhone to the Windows computer and click the Next button.
Step 5: The software will detect your iPhone's model and show you the corresponding firmware package that you need to download. You can hit the Download button to get it. After downloading the firmware package successfully, the software will verify the firmware.
Step 6: Hit the Unlock button to enter the unlocking process. After a while, your iPhone is unlocked successfully and you can get into your iPhone again.
Tips: Please note that you will lose all data in your iPhone and your iPhone's iOS will be updated to the latest version once you start unlocking your iPhone.
This way can be applied if you have enabled the Find My iPhone function for your iPhone before you forgot its password. Also, the iPhone should be connected to a stable network before it is locked.
Step 1: In your PC or other accessible devices, run the browser and locate to the iCloud official site.
Step 2: Sign in iCloud step by step.
Step 3: Click Find My iPhone.
Step 4: Select All Devices and choose your locked iPhone.
Step 5: Hit Erase iPhone and the data in your iPhone will be removed including the forgotten password.
iTunes is also a useful tool for you to unlock your iPhone if you forgot your password.
Step 1: Power off your iPhone.
Step 2: Run iTunes in your open computer.
Step 3: Connect your iPhone to your computer while holding the specified button and keep holding the specified button until your iPhone enters the Recovery Mode.
Step 4: Then choose Restore in the prompt and the passcode will be erased.
Note: Restoring your iPhone will erase all settings and content in your iPhone.
From iOS 15.2, there will be an Erase iPhone option on the iPhone Unavailable screen when your iPhone is linked to an Apple ID. After that, you can take advantage of the Apple ID passcode to unlock iPhone without iTunes or iCloud.
Step 1: Tap Erase iPhone on the iPhone Unavailable screen. Tap Erase iPhone again in the coming screen.
Step 2: Enter the Apple ID passcode.
Step 3: After the Apple ID passcode is verified, tap Erase iPhone again in the prompt. Then the erasing process begins. Wait patiently until the iPhone restarts. After that, the iPhone is unlocked.
For iPhone in iOS 17, there is no Erase iPhone option on the iPhone Unavailable screen. Instead, Forgot Passcode? is displayed on the iPhone Unavailable screen. Tap Forgot Passcode? and then the Start iPhone Reset option. It requires you to enter the Apple ID passcode and then tap Erase iPhone to start the erasing process.
Is it possible to use a secret code to unlock a locked iPhone without erasing the data when you forget the iPhone passcode? Unfortunately, Apple doesn't offer such an option.
However, if your device is running iOS 17, Apple adds a new feature to allow users to unlock their iPhone with their previous passcode within 72 hours of changing it, without having to erase data or restore iPhone to factory settings.
Note: This only works when your previous passcode does not expired and your iPhone is updated to iOS 17.
Step 1: Tap Forgot Passcode? on the iPhone Unavailable screen.
Step 2: Tap Enter Previous Passcode option if you have the correct previous passcode.
Step 3: Enter your previous passcode to unlock this iPhone.
Step 4: Set a new passcode for your iPhone. In no time, your iPhone is unlocked with no data loss.
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