How to Restore iPhone if Forgot iTunes Password?

If you forgot iTunes password and didn’t know what to do, then you might need to read this passage and learn how to reset your iTunes password.



For us, mobile device such as iPhone has become a necessary part of our day-to-day life. And we have a lot of data and content on the iPhone: photos, videos, music, contacts, text messages, note, calendars, personal accounts and payment information. There is no doubt that these data and files are of great importance because they are not only useful but also private. So we can't afford to lose any of them. And that’s why we need to back them up, for the sake of saving and protecting them from missing and leaking.



While speaking of backing up data on iPhone, we won’t hesitate to use iTunes or iCloud because they are the official backup tools developed by Apple. We all believe in authoritative and powerful products. So even though we are aware that iTunes, as a matter of fact, is not so user-friendly, we tend to use it. But if you want to backup or restore data on your iPhone, you need to input a password to sign in. Actually it is the same as your Apple ID password. iTunes enables us to set up a password on backup files so unauthorized access would be blocked. Optionally you can backup iPhone to PC to make sure you have backup both online and offline.

Although it does not share a good reputation, iTunes does make it possible for you to be able to encrypt iPhone backups when you need to sync your device. This can protect your data from unauthorized access, thus avoiding unnecessary troubles. And you just need to set a password when you do the syncing. But likewise, if you individual forgot iTunes password, the iPhone backup will not be unlocked until you enter the right password. That means, you are not able to restore your iPhone with the encrypted backup. Fortunately, you can reset the forgotten iTunes backup passwords.

How to reset forgotten iTunes backup password?

If you forgot iTunes password on your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch, you can reset your password through Apple's support website. You just need to answer the question you set while creating your Apple ID which is associated with an email address. To recover your password you need to know the answers to the security questions that you set up when creating your Apple ID and have access to the email address associated with your Apple ID. In addition, if you’ve set up two-step verification, you can also use the two-step verification method to unlock iTunes.

Recovering Your Password

1 Log in to "iforgot.apple.com" and select "Reset your password."

2 Enter your Apple ID, then select the "Answer security questions" option to authenticate your account.

3 Enter your date of birth and provide the correct answers to your security questions to verify your account.

Once done, you can create a new password and log in to your device using the new password. In addition, you can also recover your password by using email authentication. If you choose this method, an email will be sent to the email address associated with your account. Click the link in your email to reset your Apple ID password.

Two-Step Verification

If you choose the two-step verification method, a recovery key will be sent to the trusted device or devices that you connected to your Apple ID account, such as an iPhone or SMS text messaging-enabled phones and devices. Once you get the code, input it and you can then reset your Apple ID.

So if you forgot iTunes password, you can then try above methods to reset password.