By Jennifer | Last Updated
The iPhone passcode can help protect your personal data from unauthorized access. Thus, everyone will set strong password protection in the iPhone. If you have set a screen lock on the iPhone and want to change it, what to do? In this article, we will dive into the specific operations in different situations.
When you can unlock the iPhone with the lock code, Face ID or Touch ID, it is much easier to change passcode on iPhone. In this situation, there is no data loss in the iPhone.
Step 1: Unlock the iPhone with your passcode, Face ID or Touch ID. Tap Settings to move forward.
Step 2: Scroll down to choose Face ID & Passcode. If your iPhone has a Home button, tap Touch ID & Passcode.
Step 3: Next, input your old screen passcode.
Step 4: Scroll down and tap Change Passcode. It requires you to enter the old passcode for confirmation.
Step 5: Now it is time to set your new passcode. You can customize the length of your passcode, or to combine letters and numbers by tapping the Passcode Options.
If you want to set the custom numeric code, you can tap Custom Numeric Passcode. And you need to enter the new passcode numbers. It should be easy for you to remember for daily usage. At last, enter your passcode numbers again and you are successfully in changing the passcode to custom numeric passcode.
If you think the long and strong alphanumeric password will help to protect your data, you can choose Custom Alphanumeric Code here. Then you need to enter the long and strong alphanumeric password twice. As for this password, you should make it to the length you can remember and enter precisely.
Step 6: Verify the change with the new password. In seconds, the iPhone passcode is changed successfully.
Is it possible to change passcode on iPhone if you forgot it? Yes, of course. If you forgot the iPhone passcode, you can reset passcode on iPhone when locked out in two ways.
Apple has added a passcode reset option for the iPhone forgotten passcode if the passcode is changed recently. In other words, you can use your old passcode to change the forgotten passcode if it does not expire. But this function can only apply to iPhone in iOS 17 or later.
Step 1: On the iPhone lock screen, tap possible passwords until you see the iPhone Unavailable message on the lock screen. Then tap Forgot Passcode? option.
Step 2: Tap Enter Previous Passcode and enter the previous passcode.
Step 3: If the right passcode is input, you can set the new passcode now.
Step 4: Verify the new passcode and you can access the iPhone now.
If you are locked out of iPhone and the previous passcode is expired, or no password reset option on the iPhone lock screen, how can you change the passcode on iPhone? iSunshare iPhone Passcode Genius can help you get rid of iPhone screen passcode forgotten issues. You can remove the Touch ID, Face ID and 4/6 digits password from iPhone together. At the same time, all data on the iPhone will be erased.
Step 1: Get newest iTunes ready in the computer and run iPhone Passcode Genius.
Step 2: Select the first option “Unlock Lock Screen” on the home interface.
Step 3: Click Start and on the next interface, choose Next to continue.
Step 4: On the Firmware interface, it is available for you to download the firmware package online by clicking the Download button. Or if you have this package on your computer, you can click the Select button on the bottom to import the package and wait for verification.
Step 5: After that, you will be led to the unlock interface. Click the Unlock button and this software will help you remove the forgotten passcode from the iPhone.
You need to wait for the process to end. When it is done, you will see your iPhone is powered cycle and all settings are erased. Then you can start to customize the iPhone with new account and new password.
1. Forgot iPhone passcode, how to reset?
If you forgot the iPhone passcode and locked out of the iPhone, you can use iTunes/iCloud to restore iPhone to factory settings. Or iSunshare iPhone Passcode Genius can help to bypass the iPhone lock screen.
2. If Face ID & Passcode option is missing on Settings, what to do?
In this situation, access Settings > Screen Time> Content & Privacy Restriction. After that, in the Allow Changes section, turn on the option to allow change. Then you can go back to Settings and find Face ID & Passcode is on.
3. Why I’m unable to change the iPhone passcode?
If the forgotten passcode does not expire and your iPhone is in iOS 17 or later, it will ask you to enter the previous passcode on the lock screen. If you do not have, you can use iSunshare iPhone Passcode Genius to unlock the locked iPhone.
3. How do i turn off the passcode on my iPhone?
Step 1: Launch Settings from the Home screen. iPhone X and later version users have the options of Face ID & Passcode. As to other versions of iPhone, there is Touch ID & Passcode or Passcode option. Click it and enter your passcode.
Step 2: Tap Turn Passcode Off option to turn off your password. Later, it will pop up a window to ask for confirmation. You just need to tap Turn Off. After that, your iPhone is with no password protection.
