{"id":7502,"date":"2020-01-09T00:53:39","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T00:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cleverfiles.com\/howto\/?p=7502"},"modified":"2020-05-07T09:37:24","modified_gmt":"2020-05-07T09:37:24","slug":"reset-apple-id-password","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cleverfiles.com\/howto\/apple-id-recovery.html","title":{"rendered":"How to Reset Your Apple ID Password"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"apple_id_and_itunes_password_recovery\"><\/span><strong>Apple ID and iTunes Password Recovery<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n<p>Your Apple ID is the key to all Apple products, such as iTunes, iCloud, and more. Whether you rely on it for your personal use or business, forgetting it is a major hindrance that can bring your productivity to halt. In this article, we will teach you a few different ways how you can recover your Apple ID and perform Apple password recovery.<\/p>\r\n<p><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17133 size-full\" src=\"\/howto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/apple-id-recovery-1.jpg\" alt=\"apple id recovery\" width=\"740\" height=\"466\" \/><\/p>\r\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"recover_apple_id_password\"><\/span>Recover Apple ID Password<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\r\n<p>In case you know your Apple ID but can\u2019t remember your Apple ID password, the Apple ID account page gives you 4 options how you can regain the access to your account:<\/p>\r\n<ol>\r\n\t<li>Email Apple ID Password Recovery: Using this option, Apple will send a rescue email to your primary or secondary email address. You just need to follow the instructions inside to reset your password.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Apple ID Password Recovery with Security Questions: Another simple option how to perform Apple password recovery or iTunes password recovery is to answer your security questions. Unless you didn\u2019t pay attention when selecting your security questions, you\u00a0should have no problem with Apple ID recovery using this method.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Two-Factor Authentication Apple ID Recovery: To recover Apple ID password using two-factor authentication method, you need to visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iforgot.apple.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/iforgot.apple.com<\/a>\u00a0and enter your trusted phone number. Follow the on-screen instructions displayed on the trusted device and change your password to a new one.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Two-Step Verification with Apple Recovery Key: if all else fails, you can dig up your Apple recovery key and recovery your Apple ID.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"recover_your_apple_id\"><\/span>Recover Your Apple ID<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\r\n<p><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17136 size-full\" src=\"\/howto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/apple-id-iforgot-1.jpg\" alt=\"apple id i forgot\" width=\"739\" height=\"311\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>Most people use their email address as their Apple ID. This means that to recover Apple ID, you just need to try out all your email addresses. If none of them works, try going through your past iTunes purchases to see which account was used to make them.<\/p>\r\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"itunes_recovery_mode\"><\/span>iTunes Recovery Mode<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\r\n<p><img class=\"size-full wp-image-7514 aligncenter\" src=\"\/howto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/itunes-recovery-mode.png\" alt=\"itunes recovery mode\" width=\"500\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cleverfiles.com\/howto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/itunes-recovery-mode.png 500w, https:\/\/www.cleverfiles.com\/howto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/itunes-recovery-mode-300x122.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>As a user of Apple products, you may encounter a situation when you can\u2019t update or restore your iOS device. When this happens, you can use the iTunes recovery mode to restore your device to its original condition.<\/p>\r\n<ol>\r\n\t<li>Connect your iPhone\u00a0or iPad to your computer.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Open iTunes.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Press and hold both the Sleep and Home button for 10 seconds.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>On your computer, confirm that you wish to restore your device.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Wait until the restore process finishes.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"beyond_apple_id_and_itunes_password_recovery\"><\/span>Beyond Apple ID and iTunes Password Recovery<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\r\n<p>Of course, there are many other recovery scenarios. Some involve personal documents, pictures, videos, and others deal with Hotmail password recovery, Gmail password recovery, and so on. 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