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"Help! I forgot my iPad passcode. Can anybody tell me how to remove passcode from iPad and make it unlock ASAP? "
If you want to unlock iPad without passcode, there are multiple ways for you to do that. No matter which way you choose, there will be data loss on iPad. Here you can get the detailed steps to remove passcode from iPad without passcode in 5 ways.
For an iPad gets updated to iPadOS 15.2 or newer, it will get Erase iPad button after several wrong passcodes are input. To make this function work normally, your iPad should be connected to a stable network. Also, you should provide the password of the Apple ID which has been applied to this iPad. Now let’s dive into it.
Step 1:Try the possible passcodes on your iPad until you see Erase iPad button on the screen. Then tap Erase iPad button to go ahead.
Step 2: Now you are in Erase All Contents & Settings screen. Tap the Erase iPad button on the bottom again.
Step 3: The password for your activated Apple ID on this iPad is required on this opeartion. Just go to enter the passcode and the erasing process will begin automatically.
Minutes later, the iPad will restart from the Hello screen. Your previous passcode is removed successfully. Now you can quickly set it up as a new iPad.
Notes: Starting from iPadOS 17, Apple has changed the Erase iPad option to Forgot Passcode? option on the iPad Unavailable screen. So, you can tap Forgot Passcode? option on the iPad locked screen. After that, tap Start iPad Reset on the Security Lockout screen. Then, input the Apple ID password to sign out of Apple ID account on the iPad. Finally, confirm your option by tapping Erase iPad on the prompt. Soon, your iPad will restart with no screen passcode.
If your iPad version is lower than iPadOS 15.2, there is no iPad unavailable Erase iPad option, how can you unlock iPad if forgot password? Or if you forgot the Apple ID password, how can you perform erasing iPad to remove its screen lock password? Here, a powerful tool—iSunshare iPhone Passcode Genius is introduced for you to unlock iPad without any password, without iTunes as well as iCloud. With this software, you can easily remove the 4 or 6 digit passcodes, Face ID, Touch ID on all iPads regardless of the iPadOS version.
Step 1: Download, install and launch the software on your Windows computer. Then choose Unlock Lock Screen option.
Step 2: Hit the Start button to solve your iPad passcode forgotten issue.
Step 3: Connect your disabled or unavailable iPad to the Windows computer. If the iPad has never synced on this computer, you need to put the iPad into recovery mode. After that, click the Next button on the software to load iPad details.
Step 4: The software successfully detects your locked iPad and load the information. Go to hit on the Download button to continue the process.
Step 5: After downloading and verifying the firmware package, you can hit on the Unlock button to remove the iPad passcode.
In no time, iPhone Passcode Genius will start resetting the iPad and restore it to factory settings. All data on the iPad will be deleted. You can see the iPad restarts on the Hello screen in the end.
You can remove iPad passcode with iTunes. But it is better for you to have a Mac or Windows computer with the latest version of iTunes.
Step 1: Connect your iPad to the computer and then put it into recovery mode.
For the iPad without Home button: press and release the volume button closest to the top button immediately. Press and release the volume button farthest from the top button immediately. Press and hold the top button until you see the recovery mode screen.
For the iPad with a Home button: press and hold the two buttons: Home button and the top button. When you see the recovery mode screen, release the two buttons.
Step 2: Open iTunes on a Windows PC or Finder on a Mac. Then you will get the prompt with three options. Click on Restore button.
Step 3: Click Restore and Update button to move on.
Step 4: Wait for the reset restoring process to complete. When you see the successful message prompt, your iPhone restarts and you can diconnect it from your computer to set it up.
iCloud is another way to remove iPad passcode without iTunes or computer. But first of all, you should make sure Find My iPad function is enabled on the iPad before it is locked/disabled/unavailable. You can get any iOS device to unlock iPad remotely.
Step 1: Go to sign into icloud.com on your iOS device with the same Apple ID.
Step 2: Click on Find My option and then select your iPad from the All Devices drop-down list.
Step 3: Click Erase iPad and then the Erase button. Then follow the on-screen structions to erase this iPad.
If you come across the Two-Factor Authentication during this process, you can try all options to go ahead. If not, just try other ways to unlock iPad without passcode.
From iPadOS 17, there is a Passcode Reset function on the iPad when you forgot the new iPad passcode which is changed within 72 hours. This Passcode Reset function enables you to access the iPad with previous iPad passcode and set a new passcode immediately.
Step 1: On your iPad Unavailable screen, there are two options on the bottom corner: Emergency and Forgot Passcode?. Tap Forgot Passcode? to continue.
Step 2: Tap Enter Previous Passcode to reset the passcode.
Step 3: Follow the on-screen instructions to bypass the current iPad passcode and set a new passcode.
Attention: This method only works for the iPad running iPadOS 17 or later and the previous passcode does not expired.
No matter which way you choose to remove the iPad passcode after it is forgot, there is data loss after iPad is unlocked. All above 4 ways can help to remove iPad forgotten password. But iSunshare iPhone Passcode Genius is recommended as you can bypass iPad passcode within simple clicks with no requirement for Apple ID, authentication, or iTunes. Why not have a try now?
