

Your iPhone backup password was set when the "Encrypt iPhone backup" box was checked and turned on in iTunes. If all else fails, the last tip in this article is how to clear the backup password setting on your iPhone to reset the password. Both techniques have no limit on the number of passwords you can try. You can also test passwords in any of our software.

Note: You can test passwords in iTunes by trying to turn off the "Encrypt iPhone backup" checkbox, or by trying to restore the backup (do this only if you want to restore a backup). But, after you forgot the password you will not be able to restore from the encrypted backup and your data will be unrecoverable.If you can't remember your iPhone backup password that iTunes is asking for, here are a few different ideas to help you recover your encrypted iPhone backup password. You do not need to enter the iTunes backup password each time you back up or sync within iTunes. Click " Back Up Now" and wait for iTunes to create a new encrypted local backup. Look at the summary page, choose " This computer", select " Encrypt local backup" and set a new password. When you open up iTunes, your iOS device will appear as a small icon up top. But it won't erase any of your data or apps.Ĭonnect your iOS device to your computer via the USB cable. Your iPhone will then go through the process of resetting all of your preference settings to default, and removing your forgotten iTunes backup password.

