Follow the steps to reset your settings.

Tap Reset All Settings and enter your iOS passcode.

On your iOS device, go to Settings → General → Reset.

If you forget your backup password but don't need access to your backup's contents, you can overwrite it with a new backup: How to reset your backup password and create a new backup That's handy for you if you ever need to restore from the backup. As the backup is more secure, it means the device can safely include more data in the backup, including health data, which would otherwise be left out. Setting a password on an iPhone or iPad backup is a great idea, as it helps to protect your data. iPhone Backup Extractor fully supports all versions of encrypted iTunes backups, as well as iOS backups made by any other software. The last big change was made as part of the iOS 10.2 release.

Over the years Apple have used a few different formats for protecting their encrypted backups. It is not needed to create more backups, to access your iCloud or Apple Music data, to add new devices to your account, or to reset your device. Your backup password is needed to read or restore from your iPhone backup, or to remove your iPhone's backup password. Setting a backup password in iTunes What is an iPhone backup password needed for? So whilst you may set the password to anything you like, resetting your Apple ID won't help you recover it. This password is set separately from your iPhone's passcode or your Apple ID's password. When you choose to protect your backup, you'll need to remember your backup password to ever access that backup's contents. The password is securely stored on your device, so that whenever it is called upon to produce a backup, it will generate an encrypted one. What is an iPhone backup password?Īn iPhone or iPad backup password - sometimes called an iTunes backup password - is set when backing up your iOS device in an encrypted format.

IPhones and iPads enable users to password protect their backups, and when they choose to do this their data is secured in an encrypted backup.