By Jennifer | Last Updated
"When I am getting ready to restore my iPhone from the backup on my Windows computer, a dialog pops up suddenly and asks a password to unlock iPhone backup. Now I only know that I have forgotten the iTunes backup password and I try several possible passwords including the Apple ID password, iPhone unlock passcode, and Windows login password, but they don't work. What can I do to get back the forgotten iTunes backup password?"
If you are meeting the same trouble like the user above, how can you unlock the iTunes backup for your iPhone after forgot the iTunes backup password? To get the detailed solution, let's move on.
In order to unlock the locked iPhone backup, it's necessary to recover the forgotten iTunes backup password. So, is there any tools that can easily realize the iTunes backup password recovery? Yes, iSunshare iTunes Password Genius, the user-friendly iTunes backup password recovery tool, must be the one you are seeking. Provided with Windows edition and Mac edition, iTunes Password Genius could help you unlock iPhone backup with 100% guarantee in few seconds so that you can restore your iPhone from the backup in iTunes.
Here we will introduce how to unlock the iPhone backup on Windows with iTunes Password Genius. About unlocking the iPhone backup on Mac, please get iTunes Password Genius for Mac and go for its user guide.
Step 1: Install and run iTunes Password Genius on Windows computer.
If your iTunes backup password is less than 3 characters, just use the trial version. If it is not, get the full version and then you can effectively recover iTunes backup password no matter how long and complex it is.
Step 2: Open locked iPhone backup file in iTunes Password Genius.
Click Open button and iTunes Password Genius would automatically find out the existing iPhone backup files on your computer. Select the target iPhone backup file from the list and click OK button. And then it would be added to the iTunes backup password recovery tool. Besides, it's available to import the locked iPhone backup by clicking Add File button.
Step 3: Set iTunes backup password attack type.
Pick one attack type from "Type of attack" drop-down box: Brute-force, Mask, Dictionary and Smart. Then set the password length and password range. Appropriate settings would save your time on iTunes backup password recovery. For how to choose the proper Type of attack, please refer to this instruction page.
Step 4: Recover iTunes backup password and unlock iPhone backup.
Once you click Start button, the tool would start finding the iTunes backup password with password attack type you select. About few seconds or minutes later, iTunes backup password would be recovered and shown in a new window.
Now, you can copy the recovered password to unlock your iPhone backup file in iTunes for restoration.
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