How To Factory Reset Ipad Without Passcode Easy Ways

How To Factory Reset Ipad Without Passcode

Did you know that the factory reset option is not available if your iPad has a passcode? How can you factory reset an iPad without using a passcode and what are some of the benefits to doing so?

In this blog post we will discuss how to use Touch ID or Face ID on your iPhone, finding out what the password for your Apple account is, and then finally discussing some of the benefits of a factory reset. We will also be going over what happens when you do not perform a factory reset on your device.

Factory resetting your iPad is useful if you find that the tablet runs slower than usual, crashes or freezes, white screen frozen display and other defects. In order to factory restore the device without a passcode on iPad Touch 5th Generation.

1. What is a factory reset

Factory reset is the act of restoring your device to its original state. In other words, this action erases everything from your device and restores all stock settings.

Resetting an iPad helps you if you want to wipe off personal data saved on a particular account, remove downloaded applications or games and also if you want to sell your device and wipe all personal data from it.

Factory reset is useful in a number of situations, but there are some instances where you should NOT do it.

Trying to reset your device will erase all the data on your iPad or iPhone so if you don’t have a backup, imagine how many photos and documents you will lose forever. USE A BACKUP!

2. How to Factory Reset an iPad without Passcode

Factory reset without a passcode is very easy. All you have to do is to shut down the device, press and hold both the Home button and Sleep / Wake Button ( at the same time) for about 10 seconds until you see a red slider on your screen with an option on it saying “Slide To Power Off”.

Here after release the sleep/wake button, but keep on holding the home button until you see a white apple logo on your screen. It will take about 30 to 40 seconds.

The process takes less than one minute to complete your iPad reset factory settings successfully.

3. What happens if you do not reset your iPad to factory settings

If you have forgotten your passcode or are facing a frozen operating system, this might be the only way to recover your device and get it working again.

However, please remember that once you complete the process of a factory reset without passcode. All data will be erased from your iPad and you will need to set up the device again, including Wi-Fi passwords, Apple ID details and all app information.

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3a. How to unlock without passcode on iPad Air 4th generation (Wi-Fi only)

If you want to factory reset your iPad but forgot the passcode then follow these steps:

Step 1: Turn off passcode on iPad

On the side of your iPad, press and hold both Sleep/Wake buttons at the same time. When you see a red slider, drag it across. Your iPad will shut down and reboot.

When your iPad turns on again, go to Settings > Passcode Lock and disable passcode.

Step 2: Reset to factory settings

On the Home screen, hold down both Home button and Sleep/Wake button ( at the same time) until you see a red slider on your screen with an option on it saying “Slide To Power Off”.

Here after release the sleep/wake button, but keep on holding the home button until you see a white apple logo on your screen. It will take about 30 to 40 seconds.

The process takes less than one minute to complete and then your iPad is reset factory settings successfully. Don’t forget to change the password and turn Passcode Lock back on after this procedure. Now your iPad’s data has been erased, and you can set it up as new.

3b. How to unlock without passcode on iPad Mini 1st generation (Wi-Fi version)

If you want to factory reset your iPad but forgot the passcode then follow these steps:

Step 1: Turn off passcode on iPad

On the side of your iPad, press and hold both Sleep/Wake buttons at the same time. When you see a red slider, drag it across. Your iPad will shut down and reboot.

When your iPad turns on again, go to Settings > Passcode Lock and disable passcode.

Step 2: Reset to factory settings

On the Home screen, hold down both Home button and Sleep/Wake Button ( at the same time) until you see a red slider on your screen with an option on it saying “Slide To Power Off”.

Here after release the sleep/wake button, but keep on holding the home button until you see a white apple logo on your screen. It will take about 30 to 40 seconds.

The process takes less than one minute to complete and then your iPad is reset factory settings successfully. Don’t forget to change the password and turn Passcode Lock back on after this procedure. Now your iPad’s data has been erased, and you can set it up as new.

How To Open Your iPod/iPhone Without Entering A Passcode

Sometimes you might accidentally lock yourself out of your device due to a wrong passcode entry, and your iPhone is asking for the password again. But what if you can’t remember it?  There’s a way to open it without entering the code:

1: Make sure that your device has been locked for at least 48 hours.

2: Plug your device into a computer running iTunes and launch the application.

3: Just Press and hold both the home button & the power button for 10 seconds until you see a connection to the iTunes screen on your device.

4 : Let go of all buttons, then enable Airplane mode (instructions here)

5:   Unplug the device from your computer and wait for about 10 seconds.

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6: Connect the iPhone again to your computer, then hold down both Power & Home buttons together (Keep holding them until you see a screen with ‘Enter passcode’).

Note : If you get an error during step 5, try again. It sometimes takes more than one attempt to make it work.

Step 7: After you see that screen on your device, enter the code 0000 and press ‘Enter’ (with no quotes).

Your iPhone should now be successfully unlocked — congratulations! You’re free from that annoying passcode lock! If you want to relock your iPhone again, just enter the passcode and press ‘Enter’ as usual.

Sync iPad 2 With iTunes Without Passcode

Syncing an iPad to iTunes without a passcode is very similar to doing so with a locked device… but there are a couple of differences:

  1. Connect your device to your computer and launch iTunes.
  2. When prompted for your passcode, click Cancel . If you get an error, make sure that you are using the latest version of iTunes and try again.

2b : If you see a message asking if you want to set up the iPad as a new device or restore from backup, choose Restore from Backup and proceed to the next step.

  1. Wait for iTunes to sync your device with the backup that you selected from the previous screen.
  2. After your device is done syncing, unplug it from your computer and try using it as normal! If you get an error or are told that a passcode is required, just reverse steps 1-4 and try again.

3. How to perform a hard Factory Reset of an i-device

The process for doing a hard factory reset of any i-device is pretty similar. So even if you have an iPhone or iPod touch, the process to perform a hard factory reset should be pretty simple.

Hard Factory restores your iPad back to its default settings erasing all personal data and content on it. You can use this option if the iPad freezes or stops responding. For more information about how to hard factory restore your i-device, click here .

If you are interested in how to reset Apple TV , click here for the complete article.

Also, if you want to backup iPad contents manually on a computer or another source of non iCloud storage (using iTunes), click here  for more details.

How long does the factory reset take

It takes about 2 or 3 minutes to perform a factory reset. Also, you should know that every time you restore the iPad back to its original settings.

How to change the Apple ID

You can change the Apple ID using iTunes or iCloud settings page, but that won’t erase your personal data and content (useful in case you make a mistake).

So if you want to use it as some kind of backup for your i-device, go ahead and read this article. If you have interest in signing into another Apple ID account, click here for more details.

How to reset/erase iPod touch

Apple makes it really easy to erase all your data on an iPod touch device. You don’t need to enter any kind of passcode. If you do so then everything will get erased and you will need to restore from backup).  All you have to do is just follow these simple steps:

  1. Connect the device that you want to erase, via USB cable and launch iTunes.
  2. Hold down both the Power & Home buttons together until you see a screen with a red arrow .
  3. Press the Power Button again to start the Restore process.

How to erase iPad

Apple’s ways of erasing iPad data are exactly the same as those for iPhone and iPod touch . Now, if you want to erase your device but keep your settings on it (Don’t want to restore from a previous iTunes Backup), or just don’t have any backups for your device, you can erasing it by following these steps:

  1. Connect the iPad to your computer and launch iTunes .
  2. Hold down both the Power & Home buttons together until you see a screen with a red arrow .
  3. Press the Power Button again to start the Restore process.

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