What to Do if You Forget Your iPhone Passcode?

If you forget your iPhone passcode and disable your iPhone for entering a wrong passcode too many times. The quickest and simplest way to unlock a disabled iPhone is using a computer, and the reset option on there. In this post, we will discuss the steps to unlock iPhone by computer.

Using a Mac

If you've already synced your device with your Mac, you can restore your iPhone or iPad and change its passcode using a recent backup. Here is how to delete data from your device on a Mac:

1. Use a Lightning cord to connect your device to your Mac.

2. Open Finder and choose your device from the sidebar of Locations.

3. From the window's top bar, select General.

4. Move down. Choose Restore Backup from the Backups menu.

5. You can select to restore from any of the local or iCloud backups of your device that are displayed to you.

6. Following your decision, enter your Mac's password and click Restore.

Your data will be restored using the most recent backup. By doing this, you will be able to reset the device's passcode and delete it from the device altogether.

Using a Windows Computer

If you've already synced your device with iTunes, you can restore your iPhone or iPad and change its passcode using a recent backup. To delete your device using iTunes, follow these steps:

1. Use a Lightning cable to connect your device to the computer you previously used for syncing.

2. Launch iTunes. You can continue if iTunes allows you to log in without asking for a passcode. Try connecting your device to another computer that you may have synced with if it asks you for a password.

3. Watch for iTunes to backup and sync your device.

4. After the sync is finished, click Restore iPhone and wait for the process to be finished. This will completely reinstall iOS.

5. When everything is finished, your device should display the iOS setup screen. Click Restore from iTunes backup here.

6. Decide which backup you want to restore from.

If you do this, your data will be restored to the moment when the backup was made. The device's passcode will also be removed, providing you the opportunity to set up a new one. You might still be able to reset an iTunes backup password if you have even worse luck and lost this backup password as well.