Apple ID is the most important identifier for all users of Apple technology. This is an account that allows you to access important data such as device backups, purchase history, connected credit cards, personal information and much more. Moreover, without it, you cannot use any Apple device. Today we will look at a fairly common and one of the most annoying problems – recovering your Apple ID password.
Solving the problem stated in the title of the article is a procedure that in most cases can turn out to be quite complicated, and in some even ineffective. It is much easier to recover your Apple ID password not using, but through any other Apple device - iPhone, iPad, iPod or Mac, and it can either be yours personally or belong to another (but still not someone else's, trusted) user. But first things first.
Method 1: iTunes
In fact, recovering your Apple ID password will be performed not in iTunes, but in the browser, but you will still need to start this procedure through a proprietary program.
- Launch iTunes, click on the tab "Account" and select "To come in".
- In the window that appears with the authorization form, click on the link "Forgot your Apple ID or password".
- You will be redirected to the login troubleshooting page, which will open in your default browser. Enter your Apple ID in the field indicated in the image below (1) and click on the button "Continue".
- Next, enter the mobile phone number that is linked to your Apple account and use the button again "Continue".
- The next step is to select a password recovery option. As we said above, the easiest way to do this is with an Apple device. We'll talk about this in the next part, but now let's look at the most difficult case - when you don't have access to an iPhone, iPad, iPod or Mac, and only have a browser on a Windows PC. Click on the link "It is not possible to use another iOS device".
- Read the detailed description of how this procedure will be implemented, how long it may take, and click on the button "Continue".
- A message with a code will be sent to your mobile phone that is associated with your Apple ID - enter it in the appropriate field, then click "Continue".
- All that remains for you to do next is just wait until specialists from Apple check the specified data.
All recommendations regarding the subsequent recovery (or rather, reset) of the password will be sent to your email, which leads to one critical problem - if you use mail on the service to access your Apple ID, you are unlikely to be able to read the letter, since to access it you will need the same lost or forgotten password. There is only one solution in this case - use any Apple device, on which this procedure is performed quite easily and quickly, which we will discuss further.
The problem outlined above may arise even earlier - at step 4. So, if your mobile number is not linked to your “account” or is not at hand, to continue the recovery procedure you will need to provide an email (a confirmation code will be sent to it). Therefore, if it is registered on the iCloud service, you will not be able to access it, for obvious reasons.
Method 2: iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac
The procedure for recovering an Apple ID password via iTunes and a browser, which is the topic of our article today, cannot be called convenient, much less guaranteed to be effective. This task is much easier to solve if you have access to a mobile device from Apple (iPhone, iPad, iPod) or a computer or laptop running macOS, and it doesn’t matter whether it belongs to you or someone else. The function will help you do this "Locator", which was previously called "Find iPhone", and if this does not help, you will need to contact technical support. More details about each of the indicated methods can be found in the article provided at the link below.
Recovering your password if your Apple ID is locked
If you have not lost the password for your Apple account, but cannot access it due to blocking, you need to act according to a slightly different algorithm from the algorithms discussed above. However, speaking in general terms, it comes down to the same methods - password recovery, using an Apple device previously associated with the account, and also, as a last resort, contacting support. We also previously wrote about all this in a separate article.
View your forgotten password and/or Apple ID
In some cases, when the password for an account has been forgotten or lost, it cannot be restored, but simply found out without the reset procedure, which is implied by all the methods we have discussed above. There is a good chance that it was saved in a browser on your computer. If the problem is not the password at all, but the Apple ID (forgotten or lost, it doesn’t matter), it can also be viewed, for example, in the App Store, iTunes Store, iPhone settings, Find My app or iTunes for PC . The following instructions describe how each of the possible options for viewing such important information is implemented.
Conclusion
You can recover your Apple ID password using iTunes, or more precisely, through a browser on a Windows computer, without any problems only if you have access to the mobile phone number associated with your account, and the email used to log in The email is not registered on the iCloud service. Compliance with these nuances is not necessary when using iPhone, iPad, iPod or Mac devices to solve the problem.
Passwords are notoriously prone to being forgotten or lost. And if users remember the password for their social network account by heart, then they may forget about the security word set on their Apple ID. However, recovering a lost or forgotten Apple ID password is no more difficult than in any other online service, and we will tell you how to do this in this manual.
You can recover your Apple ID account password in the following ways:
- By sending a request to change your password via the email to which your Apple ID is registered;
- By answering the security questions specified during registration;
- By resetting your password from a trusted device (requires active two-step Apple ID verification).
Below, we will try to describe all of the listed methods in as much detail as possible and, at the same time, point out possible problems when recovering your Apple ID password.
How to recover Apple ID password via email?
In order to use this method, you must have access to the email to which your Apple ID is registered. In this case, the password can be recovered in a matter of minutes.
Step 2: Find the Reset Password link and click on it
Step 3. Select “Authentication” by e-mail and enter the email address to which your Apple ID account was registered
Step 4. Open the letter that arrived in your email and in its body, click on the link that allows you to reset your current password and set a new one
It often happens that users cannot access their email, where they are waiting for a letter with instructions on how to reset their password. The reason is most often banal - the password to the mailbox was also forgotten. In such cases, you must answer the security questions provided during Apple ID registration.
How to recover your Apple ID password by answering security questions?
Step 3. Select "Answer Security Questions"
Step 4. Now you need to answer all the security questions specified during registration and click “Next”
Step 5. If the answers are correct, the system will prompt you to enter a new password
But what should you do if the answers are not suitable even after repeated input? Unfortunately, you will have to contact Apple technical support. This can be done either by phone or using a special page on the company’s website.
How to recover your Apple ID password by resetting the password from a trusted device?
Many users use Apple ID two-step verification, which allows them to further protect their personal data from hackers. If you have this protection measure active, it will be even easier to recover your password.
Go to the Apple ID page, click on the “Forgot your password” link and enter your account login. After this, you need to enter the recovery key and select a trusted device to which the verification code will be sent. This code will need to be specified in the form that opens on the site, after which password reset will become available.
If the recovery key has been forgotten or lost, you again cannot do without contacting Apple technical support.
There are several ways in which you can recover and find out your forgotten Apple ID password. If this happens to you, just follow these steps and you can easily recover your Apple ID password.
So, if you know the answers to security questions, then finding out your Apple ID will not be a difficult task:
- 1.Go to the “My Apple ID” page (appleid.apple.com/ru);
- 2.Next, click on the “Manage Apple ID” option, and then “Forgot your password”?;
- 3.Enter your Apple ID and proceed further by clicking the appropriate option;
- 4. Select the authentication method called “Answer security questions” and proceed further;
- 5. Indicate your date of birth, which is associated with your ID, click on the “Next” button and answer security questions;
- 6. Having answered correctly, you have the opportunity to enter and confirm your new password; Important point. At the very end, click the “Reset Password” option.
Method number 2. If you can log into your e-mail that is associated with your Apple ID, then follow these instructions:
- 1. Go to appleid.apple.com/ru;
- 2. Similarly, as in the first method, click “Manage Apple ID”, and then “Forgot your password”?;
- 3. Next, enter your Apple ID and move to the next page;
- 4. Select the authentication method called “E-mail Authentication” and click on the “Next” button;
- 5. Log in to your email address that is associated with your Apple ID and wait for a message from Apple to arrive. It usually comes instantly. Open it and click the “Reset Apple ID password” option;
- 6. On the “My Apple ID” page that opens for you, enter your new password and confirm it, and then click “Reset Password”.
There is a third way to recover your Apple ID password.
This method works when you have two-step verification enabled. In this case, to recover your password, you must follow these instructions:
- 1. Go to the “My Apple ID” page;
- 2. Everything is the same as in the previous methods - click “Manage Apple ID”, and after that “Forgot your password”?;
- 3. Enter your Apple ID in the free field and click the “next” button;
- 4. To confirm your identity, enter the recovery key that you received during the two-step verification process (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5570?viewlocale=ru_RU);
- 5. Apple ID Support will send a verification code to the trusted device that is associated with your Apple ID. You will just need to enter it;
- 6. Next, everything is according to the standard - enter your new password, confirm it and click “Reset password”.
If you do not have a recovery key or access to a trusted device, you cannot authenticate by logging in using two-step verification, then read this article - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5577?viewlocale=ru_RU. If needed
A simple password and Apple ID gives users access to all Apple apps. But a great opportunity to log into some servers is interrupted when you lose your password. Therefore, the question arises of how to restore it and continue working with Apple services. You can find out the answer to this question in this article.
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, only a working one, since an account confirmation email will then be sent to it;
Password. It must be chosen as 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.
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.
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.
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 need to 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” section and “Change password”.
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, you need to 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 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 function works after one or more trusted devices have been registered, for example, a phone that constantly receives SMS 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?
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.
Conclusion
As a result, we can say that changing the old password to a new one in Apple ID is not so difficult. The most important thing is to follow the instructions and enter passwords that have already been verified and are easy to remember.
It is very important to keep your iPhone, iPod or other Apple device well protected. After all, expensive and prestigious devices are often the target of attackers. And the main protection here is the password for your Apple ID account.
Using Apple ID
The Apple ID is your account for using your Apple device. The device itself is tied to it, and it is used to access the store or change important settings. If you lose your Apple ID password, you won't be able to:
Roughly speaking, whoever owns an Apple ID also owns a phone. That is why, after stealing a device, the first thing a criminal will do is try to find out the Apple ID password, otherwise it won’t be of much use to him. It is worth understanding that the Apple ID password is also the password for other services. That is, if you are asked for your iCloud password, it will be the same password and it could give the scammer full access to your device.
Apple ID password requirement
Of course, Apple developers understand how important your Apple ID password is. That is why it is subject to a number of requirements that are not the easiest for the user:
- The password must contain more than seven characters - the longer the password, the more difficult it is to crack;
- the password must contain at least one digit - more are allowed, but if at least one is missing, the password will not be accepted;
- one of the letters must be capitalized - more capital letters are also allowed;
- the password must be different from the apple ID login itself;
- if we are talking about changing the password and not creating a new one, it should be different from the previous one.
At the same time, while entering a password, the dynamic input system will tell you which of the conditions you have not met.
The “online password generator” will help you create a unique password, check its reliability and answer how long it will take attackers to crack it: https://calcsoft.ru/generator-parolei
The Apple ID password has a number of prerequisites In addition to the above conditions, the verification system also requires that the password does not match a common combination of characters. Roughly speaking, it must be unique:
- 12qWer34ty is an example of a non-unique password. It fits all the rules perfectly, but it's just a few symbols and numbers from the keyboard entered in order;
- fDs5543qcJG - and this is a unique password that no longer has any meaning or pattern.
Once you come up with a password, it is extremely important to remember it. After all, the safety of your personal data, photos, or even the device itself depends on it. It is worth taking care that ill-wishers do not find out this password. Well, if you yourself have forgotten it, then you will need to use the password recovery procedure.
Do not save your device password on the device itself. This is the easiest way to give an attacker access to it.
Recovering your Apple ID password via a Windows computer
There are many ways to recover your password and, depending on your situation, you should choose the best one. The following password recovery methods can be distinguished:
- password reset via two-step recovery;
- by answering security questions;
- using the email address you entered when registering your account.
Recovering your Apple ID password via email on your computer
It is extremely important to maintain access to your email address if you lose your phone. If a fraudster gets it, he will have every chance of finding out your password. Therefore, it is important that the password for your email account is not only different from your password for your Apple account, but also quite complex. To recover your password using email, you need to do the following:
Of course, this is the easiest way to recover your password. But it will be completely impossible if you no longer have access to your mail.
Recovering your password using security questions
When you created your Apple ID account, you were required to answer security questions. These are questions on neutral topics to which you should know the answers. And now with the help of these answers you can recover your password:
Not everyone succeeds in this recovery method precisely because they do not approach it conscientiously enough during registration. But if you gave intuitive and simple answers to all the questions when creating your account, then restoring it will not be a problem.
In addition, it is worth considering that attackers also sometimes use this method. Usually they will try to find out the answers from you under various pretexts (under the guise of technical support or friends), which means that you should be vigilant and not tell them to anyone.
Two-step confirmation for password recovery
This method is available if you have enabled it in advance in your account settings. You need to do the following:
The difficulty with this method is that you must take care of your safety in advance. But hacking using this method is impossible, unless you yourself provide the recovery code to the attacker.
Video: recovering Apple ID password via computer
Resetting your password on a Mac OS computer
On an Apple computer, it is also possible to recover your Apple ID password. To do this, you need to click the password recovery button in one of the following places:
After you click it, you will need to enter your email address, which is your login to your Apple account. And after entering, you will be sent an email with a link to reset your password.
Another way to recover your password via Mac OS is using any browser:
Resetting your Apple ID password via any smartphone
You will need a phone with any operating system and a stable Internet connection. The recovery methods themselves remain the same.
Recovering your password using email on your smartphone
To recover your password from your mobile device, do the following:
- Anywhere where your Apple ID password is required (for example, when logging into iCloud or the Apple app store), click on the line “Forgot your Apple ID or password.”
Tap "Forgot Apple ID or Password" on your device - You will be asked to enter your recovery email. This must be exactly the email to which the account is registered.
Your email is your Apple ID login, enter it - There will be only two recovery methods available. Select reset by email.
Select reset by email to receive a recovery link - The message will be sent to the email address that was specified as the primary or secondary email address during registration. Go there.
Close the email notification and go to your email - You will find an email with a recovery link. Follow it.
Follow the link to reset your password - Enter the new password twice, following all the rules for creating it.
Enter the new password twice after resetting the old one to replace it
After this, the password is guaranteed to be changed and you will be able to use it.
If you see the message “Password changed”, then you can log into your account using the new password Password recovery via smartphone using security questions
To recover using security questions, you must do the following from your phone:
Password recovery at Apple Service Center
This method of restoring access to the device is not recommended. The reason is simple - the service center employees take an extremely responsible approach to checking the owner of the phone. When applying, you will need to prove that you are the owner of the device. And for this you need to provide the following information about the purchase.
