How to Reset iCloud Password on iPhone/iPad

Apple ID including iCloud account and password. This is the key to Apple’s services like iTunes Store, App store, iCloud backup, etc. What if you forget the iCloud password? That makes you cannot access these Apple service any more. The only solution for your forget iCloud password issue is reset iCloud password on iPhone and iPad. This is why we share the article for you that we would provide some methods of resetting iCloud password on iPhone.

Method 1: Reset iCloud Password Directly on iPhone/iPad

The first method for you to reset iCloud password is do it directly on your iPhone or iPad.

For users have signed in iCloud account on iPhone/iPad:
Go to Settings > Apple ID > Password & Security > Change password on your iPhone or iPad to reset the new password.

For users not add the iCloud account on iPhone/iPad:
Go to Settings > Sign in to your iPhone > Forget Apple ID or Password to reset Apple ID password.

Method 2: Reset iCloud Password by Using Email Authentication

Apple provide the email for you to change iCloud password if you have forget the password of iCloud.

1.Open the web browser on your computer and go to appleid.apple.com.

2.Find and click on “Forget Apple ID or password” at the bottom to start the reset process.

3.Enter your Apple ID and tap “Continue” to go to the next page.

4.Click on “ I need to reset my password” and select “Continue”. Then you will receive the email send from Apple which has the link to do the reset.

5.Click on the link and select “Reset Now” to reset the password.

Method 3: Reset iCloud Password by Answering Security Questions

When you create your Apple ID, apple need you to set some security questions to protect your account. So, if you don’t hope to wait for the email or do not remember the password of email, you could use these security questions to help reset iCloud account.

1.Visit appleid.apple.com as well and select “Forgot Apple ID or password”. Then choose “Answer security questions”

2.Enter the email address associated with the account and answer the security questions as usual to complete the password reset process.

Additional Tip

If you do not like to backup your data to iCloud, you could choose iTunes or iRefone. iTunes is the official method to backup data but it not allows you to access these data in iTunes. iRefone is the iOS data recovery software which supports to recover and backup data on your iPhone, iPad and iPod. It supports to recover 16+ kinds of data including messages, notes, contacts, call history, photos, whatsapp, wechat and more.