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Cannot reset apple passwordBeen trying to reset apple password.

ahfat41

ahfat41 Posts: 360 Forumite

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24 January 2022 at 9:40PM in Techie Stuff

Been trying to reset my apple password got message instructions will be sent to iphone but nothing. Can anybody help pl?

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GDB2222 Posts: 25,994 Forumite

24 January 2022 at 9:43PM

Have you been hacked, or did you just forget it?

No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?
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[Deleted User] Posts: 0 Newbie

24 January 2022 at 11:03PM

Have you tried everything here:

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201487

Including this:

https://iforgot.apple.com/uk/password/verify/appleid

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MalMonroe Posts: 5,783 Forumite

24 January 2022 at 11:03PM

You can google to find out what to do, such as 'how to reset apple password'

Lots of helpful links pop up, such as this one - https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/forgot-apple-id-icloud-password/

Please note - taken from the Forum Rules and amended for my own personal use (with thanks) : It is up to you to investigate, check, double-check and check yet again before you make any decisions or take any action based on any information you glean from any of my posts. Although I do carry out careful research before posting and never intend to mislead or supply out-of-date or incorrect information, please do not rely 100% on what you are reading. Verify everything in order to protect yourself as you are responsible for any action you consequently take.
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another_casualty Posts: 6,506 Forumite

24 January 2022 at 11:57PM

The op did a system restore and lost the message app before this..

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