Resetting your Apple ID Password

If you forgot your Apple ID password

Use these steps to reset it and regain access to your Apple ID.

First, follow these steps:

1. Go to My Apple ID and select “Reset your password.”
   
2. Enter your Apple ID, then select Next.
   If you don't remember your Apple ID email address, choose Forgot your Apple ID.
   
   
3. After you enter your Apple ID, there are three ways you can change your password:
   • Answer your security questions. Use these steps if you know the answers to your security questions.
   • Use email authentication. We'll send you an email that you can use to change your password.
   • Use two-step verification. If you set up two-step verification, you can use it to change your password. You just need your recovery key and a trusted device.

Answer your security questions

1. Select “Answer security questions,” then select Next.
2. Select your birth date, then select Next.
3. Answer your security questions.
4. Set a new password and select Reset Password.

Use email authentication

1. Select “Email authentication,” then select Next. Apple will send the email to your primary or rescue email address.
   
2. Open the email and select the link to change your password.
3. When the My Apple ID page opens, set a new password and select Reset Password.