When creating an Apple ID, we are asked to come up with a fairly complex password that contains uppercase and lowercase letters, as well as numbers or other symbols.
It is this requirement that forces users to become more sophisticated and come up with something so intricate that after a while it is difficult for them to remember. If you have forgotten your Apple account password, this step-by-step guide is just for you.
Today I will tell you how to recover your Apple ID password and return to a “full life” in the Apple ecosystem.
There are even sadder cases. This is when the user has forgotten not only the password, but also the login (e-mail) of the Apple ID. If your device is not locked, you can peek at it in the settings of your iPhone or iPad.
Go to Settings > iCloud or Settings > iTunes Store, App Store . The e-mail address that you used when registering your Apple ID will be indicated there. This is your Apple ID login.
If your phone is locked and you don’t remember your Apple ID login, then here’s a hint. An Apple ID (aka login) is just an email address.
I assume that when registering an Apple ID you should have specified one of your personal mailboxes. Therefore, strain your brain and remember how many boxes you have and where they are.
Then go to each of them and look for letters from Apple. The box on which these are found will most likely be your Apple ID.
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Now that we know the identifier (i.e. e-mail), we can begin to recover the Apple ID password. Well, as usual, there are several ways for you to choose from. Which one to choose again depends on what else you remember.
How to create an Apple ID password?
You can create an Apple ID on your smartphone or PC. The procedures will be slightly different from each other, but the essence remains essentially the same.
So, in order to create an Apple ID on your smartphone, you first need to turn it on. After turning on the new phone, as a rule, a sign appears with the inscription Enter Apple ID data. But since the user does not have it yet, this item should be skipped and go to the smartphone’s desktop.
The next point is quite important, since it will determine whether the recording will be created, paid or free. So, to create a free entry, you need to go to the App Store application on your iPhone and go to the “Top Charts” menu, which is located at the bottom of the application.
After clicking, various paid and free applications will open. The user needs to select any application he likes and click on the “Download” button below it. After downloading, the application will need to be installed on your smartphone. With these simple steps you can then easily register and create your own unique password, but without a credit card. For those who want to choose a paid registration method, you need to select a paid application and then register there.
Then there will be practically no difference between the two registrations and a user who logs in from a paid account will then be able to use the password for free offers.
After the program is downloaded, you need to open the “Create Apple ID” window. After clicking on this item, a menu will open where the user will be asked to select their country of residence.
Attention! For more convenient use of applications in the future, it is best to choose your country of residence, Russia, since if you choose another country, for example, Ukraine, the mode of use and the programs offered will be significantly limited.
The next menu will be about privacy terms and conditions. If the user agrees with them, then you just need to confirm and go to the next menu. It is dedicated to filling out user information.
So you will need to fill in the following information:
• email address, work only, since an account confirmation email will then be sent to it;
• password. It must be chosen to be reliable and easy to remember, so that if it is lost, it can be easily recalled. The password consists of 8 characters, among which there must be at least one capital letter;
• security control questions. Answering them will then help the user recover the password;
• backup email. Here you can enter any email, since you will work with it quite rarely;
• Date of Birth.
After filling out all these fields, the server redirects us to the application payment method. But since our application is free, a “no” option will appear at the bottom, which you will need to click on to register further.
Next you will need to fill out the greeting fields, full name, city, zip code and address. It is worth noting that all this data will need to be entered in English, so you need to do it carefully and grammatically correct.
Attention! You will have to enter the index, so it is worth remembering that for Russia this is a six-digit number, and for Ukraine it is five-digit.
Therefore, in order not to fill out the registration fields again, you need to find out your index in advance.
When everything is filled out correctly, all you have to do is confirm your account by checking your email, where the letter will be sent after registration.
General traditional advice
Before moving on to the original methods of creating and remembering a password, we’ll talk about well-known tips:
- The password must be at least 12 characters long. It's no secret that the larger the password, the more difficult it is to crack. A password of at least 12 characters will reliably protect your accounts from any attacks by hackers.
- Use numbers, symbols, capital letters. Brute force utilities will find a password like “catsanddogs” relatively quickly, but they won’t be able to cope with a password like “ [email protected] $123.”
- Don't use words. Try to avoid using common dictionary words in your password. An incoherent set of letters is much more powerful than any specific word, even a long one.
We're done with the platitudes, let's move on to simple, effective and little-known methods.
How to create an Apple ID password from a computer?
To create your account and unique password via your computer, iTunes must already be installed on your desktop. If you don’t have it yet, you should definitely download it, since it’s the only way to register.
After installing the program, you will need to log into it and go to the App Store item. In this application, you need to find some free application and download it to your computer.
After downloading, the “Create Apple ID” window will appear, you need to click on it and then proceed to create an account. Then you need to traditionally fill out all the fields, as in the case of a smartphone.
Then go to your e-mail and click on the letter, where you will be asked to follow a link to further activate your account.
Restrictions password on iPhone
Users of Apple technology constantly have problems with restriction passwords. You have to enter the restrictions password much less often than the unlock code, so it’s easy to forget it.
How to put
To set a restriction password on an iPhone, you need to follow these steps:
Step 1
.
Go to the “ Settings
” of the gadget and follow the path “
Basic
” - “
Restrictions
”.
Step 2
.
In the last subsection, click on the “ Enable restrictions
” item.
Step 3
. Create and enter a 4-digit restriction password twice. You cannot set a more complex combination that includes letters (as is the case with an unlock code).
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After setting the password, you will see that all the sliders in the “ Restrictions”
"became active.
By controlling these sliders, you can customize your restrictions. For example, by switching the “ Safari
» to the inactive position, you will remove the browser icon from the iPhone screen.
By deactivating the “ Uninstall programs
” slider, you will prohibit the corresponding operation.
How to disable/change
Disabling the password restrictions on iPhone is done in just two steps: you need to click on the item “ Turn off restrictions”
", then enter the password.
You can change the restrictions password by disabling it and reinstalling it. There are no other ways - however, this one takes less than a minute.
How to find out if you forgot
If you forgot your restrictions password, you don't have to reset your iPhone. You can find out the password using special software. Pinfinder is suitable
, which you can download. The utility weighs only 1 MB and is downloaded in archive format - so to use it you must have WinRAR on your PC.
You can find out your forgotten restrictions password using Pinfinder by doing the following:
Step 1
. Back up your iPhone data via iTunes. If you have already made a backup that includes the restrictions password before, you can skip this step.
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Step 2
.
Open the archive and run the executable file Pinfinder.exe
.
Step 2
. The following window will appear:
In the " Backup Time"
» lists the dates of the most recent backups.
Find the current date, then pay attention to the combination of numbers that appears opposite it in the “ Restrictions Passcode
” column.
This combination is the current restrictions password
.
Restriction and blocking passwords consist of 4 digits, so quite often users use the same combination. If you have forgotten the restrictions password, you should first try entering the unlock code instead - maybe this will yield results.
How to recover your Apple ID password?
There are often times when you need to log into an old account, but the password is lost and in order to gain access to the server again, you will have to create a new password.
First, you need to click on the link “Forgot your Apple ID or password.”
The next step is to enter your Apple ID. This identifier is usually the previously specified email, but it can also be a backup email.
After entering the identifier, you will need to click on “continue” and, only then, select a method for resetting the old password and entering a new password.
You can reset your old password in the following ways:
• answer security questions. It was stated above that such questions are addressed when registering for the service, so when registering they must be taken seriously;
• You can also reset your password via email. You need to click on the appropriate item and go to your email, where there will be a letter with instructions on how to reset your old password and create a new one;
• if you are prompted to enter a recovery key, you must follow the instructions to reset your password using a two-step verification, which can be found below.
Accordingly, after the old password is reset, the user will be able to log into the server with the new password, but may need to update the password in the smartphone settings.
As mentioned above, you can also reset your password using two-factor authentication. So if it is enabled, then you can change the password from every application and device.
So, to recover your password from your smartphone, you will need to perform the following steps:
• make sure that the smartphone has the new iOS 11 or at least iOS 10; it will be problematic to restore in older versions;
• go to settings;
• click on “your name”, then go to the “Password and Security” and “Change Password” section.
For Mac computers, you need to follow these steps:
• go to the Apple menu, and then to “System Preferences”. Then you need to click on the iCloud icon;
• in the menu that opens, select the item called “Account”;
• go to the “forgot password” item and follow the instructions that will help you recover your lost password;
• Click on the “Security” section and “Reset Password”. It is worth noting that the computer may ask for the password that the user has set on the computer.
If you have problems with these password recovery methods, you can try changing your password using two-step verification.
How to come up with a complex password and remember it easily - method 2
The second method is even easier to use, and most importantly, it has helped a huge number of people come up with and remember truly complex passwords. The method involves choosing six of the most common words as a password.
For example, a set of words (specially rhymed for even easier memorization) - “lom dog house manager head jam catfish” turns into a password: lomsobakaupravdomgolovapovidlosom.
It would take an ordinary computer more than 10,000 centuries to crack this password. In other words, such a code word cannot be obtained by guessing passwords. Moreover, even the most powerful supercomputer Tianhe-2 has no chance of successfully guessing this password in the next few thousand years.
How to change your Apple ID password?
To change your Apple ID password using two-step verification, you will need to go to the main page of the Apple ID server and go to the “Forgot your Apple ID or password” section. Then you need to enter your Apple ID and click on “Continue”. Then enter the key to restore two-step verification. This check is intended to improve the security of the device.
This feature works after one or more trusted devices have been registered, for example, a phone that constantly receives SMS messages with four-digit verification codes. After registering such a device, each time you sign in to any Apple ID offering, you will need to confirm your sign in using this code.
So, to change the password, you will need to indicate the number of your trusted device and wait for a message with a confirmation code to arrive. After entering the code, you will need to create a new password and select “Reset Password”.
As a result, you will be able to log in to your Apple ID with a new password and use it in the future.
How to unlock Apple ID?
There are often cases when, after authorizing a user, a window appears with the message “Your Apple ID is blocked for security reasons.”
This message may occur if you enter an incorrect password or receive incorrect answers to specific questions. As a rule, notifications about errors in answering questions are sent by email, and if an incorrect password is entered, the account is blocked immediately.
To unlock your account, you need to make sure that you remember your password. Then you need to go to settings and iTunes, and click “Sign in”.
After logging in, a window will pop up stating that the account is blocked and an option called “Unblock account”. This can be done through mail or answering questions. You should receive an email asking you to reset your password. After clicking on the link, you will be asked to enter a new password.
All this can be done on the computer, and after entering a new password, the account will be unlocked.
