{"id":278209,"date":"2023-10-16T12:00:21","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T10:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basic-tutorials.de\/?p=278209"},"modified":"2023-10-16T12:04:03","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T10:04:03","slug":"ipad-forgotten-code-what-you-can-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basic-tutorials.com\/tutorials\/mobile-tutorials\/ipad-forgotten-code-what-you-can-do\/","title":{"rendered":"iPad: Forgotten code &#8211; what you can do"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Forgotten your iPad code and now you can&#8217;t access the device? Maybe you&#8217;ve even entered it incorrectly so many times that your iPad has been deactivated? We show you how to solve the problem and use your iPad again!<\/p><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-box-title\">Inhalt<\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/basic-tutorials.com\/tutorials\/mobile-tutorials\/ipad-forgotten-code-what-you-can-do\/#reset-ipad\" >Reset iPad<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/basic-tutorials.com\/tutorials\/mobile-tutorials\/ipad-forgotten-code-what-you-can-do\/#step-1-connect-ipad-to-pc-or-mac\" >Step 1: Connect iPad to PC or Mac<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/basic-tutorials.com\/tutorials\/mobile-tutorials\/ipad-forgotten-code-what-you-can-do\/#step-2-unplug-the-cable\" >Step 2: Unplug the cable<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/basic-tutorials.com\/tutorials\/mobile-tutorials\/ipad-forgotten-code-what-you-can-do\/#step-3-turn-off-ipad\" >Step 3: Turn off iPad<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/basic-tutorials.com\/tutorials\/mobile-tutorials\/ipad-forgotten-code-what-you-can-do\/#step-4-enable-recovery-mode\" >Step 4: Enable recovery mode<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/basic-tutorials.com\/tutorials\/mobile-tutorials\/ipad-forgotten-code-what-you-can-do\/#step-5-restore-ipad\" >Step 5: Restore iPad<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/basic-tutorials.com\/tutorials\/mobile-tutorials\/ipad-forgotten-code-what-you-can-do\/#forgotten-ipad-code-what-happens-to-my-data\" >forgotten iPad code: What happens to my data?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"reset-ipad\"><\/span>Reset iPad<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The bad news first: if you forgot your iPad code, the only way to regain access to the device is to reset it. This means that all data stored on the iPad will be deleted. If you don&#8217;t have a backup, this is a big problem, but there&#8217;s no way around it. You see, backups are important if you care about your data!<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"step-1-connect-ipad-to-pc-or-mac\"><\/span>Step 1: Connect iPad to PC or Mac<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>First, you need to connect your iPad to a Mac or PC via a charging cable. The device must have iTunes installed. If you don&#8217;t have your own PC and can&#8217;t borrow one, you can go to an Apple store instead. They can do the reset for you.<\/p>\n<p>Check if the iPad appears in iTunes as an added or connected device. This must be the case in order to proceed.<\/p><div class=\"losgehts-inhalt losgehts-entity-placement\" style=\"text-align: center;\" id=\"losgehts-801528062\"><div class=\"losgehts-adlabel\">Anzeige<\/div><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-tcf=\"waiting-for-consent\" data-id=\"405718\" data-bid=\"1\">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<\/script><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"step-2-unplug-the-cable\"><\/span>Step 2: Unplug the cable<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Disconnect the iPad from the PC again by pulling the cable.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"step-3-turn-off-ipad\"><\/span>Step 3: Turn off iPad<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/basic-tutorials.com\/tutorials\/mobile-tutorials\/turn-off-apple-ipad-how-to-do-it\/\">Now turn off your iPad<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"step-4-enable-recovery-mode\"><\/span>Step 4: Enable recovery mode<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The procedure at this point depends on your iPad model. If it has a home button, you need to press it to activate the recovery mode. If it doesn&#8217;t have a home button, you need to press the power button instead.<\/p>\n<p>Press and hold the corresponding button. Meanwhile, quickly reconnect the iPad to the PC by plugging the cable back in. Do not release the button until it indicates that recovery mode is active. If the iPad now asks for the code, you need to turn it off again.<\/p><div class=\"losgehts-inhalt losgehts-entity-placement\" style=\"text-align: center;\" id=\"losgehts-572380181\"><div class=\"losgehts-adlabel\">Anzeige<\/div><div id=\"losgehts-1089557243\"><a data-bid=\"1\" data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/basic-tutorials.de\/linkout\/397415\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"notrack\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"LC-Power_300x250\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/basic-tutorials.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/LC-Power_300x250.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/basic-tutorials.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/LC-Power_300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/basic-tutorials.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/LC-Power_300x250-220x183.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"   \/><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"step-5-restore-ipad\"><\/span>Step 5: Restore iPad<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Open iTunes on the PC or Finder on the Mac. Search for your iPad here and select it. In the dialog box that opens, click <strong>Restore<\/strong>. This will start downloading a software and the recovery process will start. Wait until the process is complete. Then disconnect the iPad from the computer and set it up again. If the download takes longer than 15 minutes and the recovery screen closes, the process cannot be completed successfully. Then wait for the download to finish, turn off your iPad and start over.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"forgotten-ipad-code-what-happens-to-my-data\"><\/span>forgotten iPad code: What happens to my data?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Your data stored on the iPad will be lost in the process of restoring the device. However, if you have a backup, you can restore them. For this, it is important that you do not set up the iPad as a new device after the restore, but choose the option of setting it up from a backup.<\/p>\n<p>Do you have other problems with your iPad? We&#8217;ll show you in our articles about what you can do <a href=\"https:\/\/basic-tutorials.com\/tutorials\/gadgets\/ipad-no-longer-turns-on-this-helps\/\">when your iPad stops turning on<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forgotten your iPad code and now you can&#8217;t access the device? Maybe you&#8217;ve even entered it incorrectly so many times that your iPad has been deactivated? We show you how to solve the problem and use your iPad again! Reset iPad The bad news first: if you forgot your iPad code, the only way to &#8230; <a title=\"iPad: Forgotten code &#8211; what you can do\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/basic-tutorials.com\/tutorials\/mobile-tutorials\/ipad-forgotten-code-what-you-can-do\/\" aria-label=\"Mehr Informationen \u00fcber iPad: Forgotten code &#8211; what you can do\">Weiterlesen &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":198,"featured_media":270094,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[46369],"tags":[77666,84378],"class_list":["post-278209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mobile-tutorials","tag-apple","tag-ipad","infinite-scroll-item"],"acf":[],"lang":"en","translations":{"en":278209,"de":278129},"pll_sync_post":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/basic-tutorials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/basic-tutorials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/basic-tutorials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basic-tutorials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/198"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basic-tutorials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/basic-tutorials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278209\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basic-tutorials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/270094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/basic-tutorials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basic-tutorials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basic-tutorials.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}