Forgot Your Apple ID Password? Reset Your Apple Account Password
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Answer
An iPhone does not reveal the current Apple Account password in Apple Account settings. On a trusted iPhone, reset it through Sign-In & Security; without a trusted device, use Apple's official recovery options.
Use an iPhone already signed in to your Apple Account and protected with a device passcode. Apple describes this as the easiest and most secure reset method.
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Open Sign-In & Security
Open Settings, tap your name, then tap Sign-In & Security. Confirm the displayed Apple Account is yours before changing credentials.
Tap Change Password, enter the iPhone passcode when asked, then follow the onscreen instructions to create and confirm a new Apple Account password.
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Expect a possible security delay
When Stolen Device Protection applies away from familiar locations, Apple can require a one-hour security delay before critical account changes. Do not bypass or repeatedly restart that safeguard.
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Use a borrowed device safely
Without your own trusted device, open the Apple Support app on a borrowed Apple device, choose Reset Password, then Help Someone Else. Enter your own account details; Apple says they are not stored on the borrowed device.
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Use web recovery when necessary
Use iforgot.apple.com when a trusted-device method is unavailable and follow Apple's prompts. Account recovery can take longer than a trusted-device reset.
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Verify and secure access
Sign in to the intended Apple service with the new password, review trusted phone numbers and devices, and update only your own password manager entry. Never share verification codes or the new password.
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If it does not work
If the account is locked, inactive, or disabled, follow the exact Apple alert and official account-access process rather than guessing passwords.
A password saved for apple.com in the Passwords app is a website credential record; do not claim it necessarily reveals the current Apple Account password.
ⓘ Sources and verification
Checked against official documentation on . Scope: iPhone & iPad.
Follow the linked first-party guidance if labels differ after a platform or app update.
