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Apple iPhone • Accounts • 5–15 minutes

Reset your Apple ID password — Apple iPhone

Scam warningApple will NEVER call, text, or email asking for your password or verification code. Anyone who does is a scammer.

NEVER tell anyone the 6-digit code Apple sends you—not even someone claiming to be Apple Support.

Only reset your password with the steps below or by typing iforgot.apple.com into Safari yourself. Never tap password-reset links in texts or emails.
If you are signed out and cannot get in, tap “Forgot password?” on the sign-in screen. Or open Safari, type iforgot.apple.com yourself, enter your Apple ID email, and follow the steps. Apple may send a code to your trusted phone number—enter it on the screen and never read it to anyone.

  1. Open Settings

    Why: Your Apple ID password is managed here.

    What to do: Tap the gray gear icon labeled Settings.

    What to look for: Your name at the very top of the screen.

  2. Open your Apple ID account page

    Why: This opens the settings for your Apple ID account.

    What to do: Tap your name at the top.

    What to look for: Sign-In & Security.

  3. Start the password change

    Why: This opens Apple’s password-change screen.

    What to do: Tap Sign-In & Security, then tap Change Password.

    What to look for: A prompt asking for your iPhone passcode.

  4. Enter your iPhone passcode

    Why: The passcode proves it is really you making the change.

    What to do: Enter the code you type to unlock your iPhone.

    What to look for: The New Password and Verify fields after the passcode is accepted.

  5. Create and save the new password

    Why: Typing it twice catches typos.

    What to do: Type your new password, type it again to confirm, then tap Change in the top-right corner.

    What to look for: Apple requires at least 8 characters with an uppercase letter, a lowercase letter, and a number.

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