


{"id":198537,"date":"2025-11-27T12:37:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T17:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/?p=198537"},"modified":"2025-11-27T12:37:02","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T17:37:02","slug":"how-to-reset-icloud-password-with-phone-number-and-email","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/2025\/11\/how-to-reset-icloud-password-with-phone-number-and-email\/","title":{"rendered":"How to reset iCloud password with phone number and email"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In this step-by-step tutorial, we&#8217;ll walk you through resetting your forgotten iCloud and Apple Account (same thing) password using your working phone number and email address.<span id=\"more-1053055\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve forgotten your iCloud or Apple Account password, you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idownloadblog.com\/2019\/02\/06\/forgot-apple-id-password\/\" rel=\"noopener\">easily reset it using your iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Apple Watch<\/a>. But if you don&#8217;t have access to your Apple devices, you can set a new iCloud account password after authenticating with your email address (Gmail, Hotmail, or something else) and phone number.<\/p>\n<h2>Try resetting your password on a non-Apple device<\/h2>\n<p>Since you don&#8217;t have access to any of your iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Apple Watch, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/iforgot.apple.com\/password\/verify\/appleid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iforgot.apple.com\/password\/verify\/appleid<\/a> in Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, or another web browser on your Windows PC or Android phone.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"border aligncenter wp-image-1053063 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Reset-your-password-screen-on-Apple-website.png\" alt=\"Reset your password screen on Apple website\" width=\"3342\" height=\"1822\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Enter your known details and try resetting the passcode.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"border aligncenter wp-image-1053056 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Confirm-phone-number-to-reset-iCloud-Account-password-on-website.png\" alt=\"Confirm phone number to reset iCloud Account password on website\" width=\"3342\" height=\"1822\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>This method may work for some but not all. Apple may not allow you to reset the password solely using Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, or other web browsers on a non-Apple device. It may ask you to verify using a code sent to your Apple device, and since you don&#8217;t have that, you&#8217;ll naturally click \u201c<strong>Don&#8217;t have access to your <em>device<\/em>?<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"border aligncenter wp-image-1053062 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Look-for-a-notification-shown-on-your-iPhone.png\" alt=\"Look for a notification shown on your iPhone\" width=\"3342\" height=\"1822\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>And then it may ask you to follow the password reset steps on an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch belonging to your family member, friend, or one at an Apple Store. We have explained the steps below.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"border aligncenter wp-image-1053065 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Use-another-Apple-device-to-reset-your-password-screen.png\" alt=\"Use another Apple device to reset your password screen\" width=\"3342\" height=\"1822\" \/> <\/p>\n<h2>Reset forgotten iCloud password using phone number and email address<\/h2>\n<p>What you&#8217;ll need:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An iOS device belonging to anybody else. You can also go to an Apple Store and borrow a device; don&#8217;t worry, Apple allows it.<\/li>\n<li>You must know the mobile number added to your iCloud account. The mobile number must be active with a cellular plan so you can get the code via SMS.<\/li>\n<li>You must also know your iCloud account email address. It could be your Gmail, Hotmail, Outlook, iCloud, or some other email address that serves as your Apple ID.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1)<\/strong> Since you don&#8217;t have your own Apple device with you, borrow one from a family member, friend, or nearby Apple Store. You just need it for like 5 minutes, and none of your personal data will be saved on it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2)<\/strong> Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/iforgot.apple.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iforgot.apple.com<\/a> on the borrowed iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3)<\/strong> Tap <strong>Reset Password<\/strong>, followed by <strong>Help Someone Else<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1053061\" src=\"https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Help-Someone-Else-to-reset-iCloud-password-on-iPhone.png\" alt=\"Help Someone Else to reset iCloud password on iPhone\" width=\"1664\" height=\"1699\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><strong>4)<\/strong> Enter your Gmail, Outlook, Hotmail, iCloud, or other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idownloadblog.com\/2021\/10\/20\/how-to-find-know-apple-id-iphone-ipad-mac\/\">email address that&#8217;s your iCloud account<\/a> and tap Continue.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5)<\/strong> Enter the <strong>mobile number<\/strong> linked to your iCloud account and hit Continue.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1053057\" src=\"https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Confirming-email-address-and-mobile-number-to-reset-iCloud-password.png\" alt=\"Confirming email address and mobile number to reset iCloud password\" width=\"1664\" height=\"1699\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><strong>6)<\/strong> Tap <strong>Send code to phone number<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>7)<\/strong> Enter the six-digit verification code you receive on your mobile number linked to your iCloud account.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1053068\" src=\"https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Entering-verification-code-sent-on-trusted-phone-number-to-reset-iCloud-password.png\" alt=\"Entering verification code sent on trusted phone number to reset iCloud password\" width=\"1664\" height=\"1699\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><strong>8)<\/strong> If you have set up a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idownloadblog.com\/2025\/02\/26\/how-to-turn-on-advanced-data-protection-for-icloud\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Recovery Key<\/a> for extra protection, you must enter that long 28-digit number and tap the <strong><em>go<\/em><\/strong> or <strong>&gt;<\/strong> key. If you don&#8217;t have your account&#8217;s recovery key, you just can&#8217;t reset your password, and Apple Support may not be able to help either!<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1053059\" src=\"https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Entering-recovery-key-to-reset-iCloud-password.png\" alt=\"Entering recovery key to reset iCloud password\" width=\"1664\" height=\"1699\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><strong>9)<\/strong> Finally, <strong>enter the new password<\/strong> you want to set and tap Continue. Soon, you&#8217;ll get the &#8216;Your Password Has Been Changed&#8217; confirmation on the screen as well as an email sent to your Apple ID email address.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1053064\" src=\"https:\/\/media.idownloadblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Setting-new-iCloud-password.png\" alt=\"Setting new iCloud password\" width=\"1664\" height=\"1699\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>You can now use this new password to log in to iCloud on the web or other devices. For two-factor authentication, choose to get the code sent to your mobile number.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More on Apple Account password:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.idownloadblog.com\/2018\/10\/23\/suspend-your-apple-account\/\" rel=\"noopener\">How to temporarily deactivate your Apple ID (and reactivate it)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.idownloadblog.com\/2025\/08\/02\/cant-sign-in-to-apple-account-on-web-fix\/\" rel=\"noopener\">What to do if you cannot sign in to your Apple Account on the web<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.idownloadblog.com\/2022\/11\/08\/how-to-secure-your-apple-id\/\" rel=\"noopener\">How to keep your Apple Account and iCloud secure<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Source link: https:\/\/www.idownloadblog.com\/2025\/11\/27\/reset-forgotten-icloud-password\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this step-by-step tutorial, we&#8217;ll walk you through resetting your forgotten iCloud and Apple Account (same thing) password using your working phone number and email address. If you&#8217;ve forgotten your iCloud or Apple Account password, you can easily reset it using your iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Apple Watch. But if you don&#8217;t have access to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":77917,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-198537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-allnews","category-appleindustrynews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198537"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":198538,"href":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198537\/revisions\/198538"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midatlanticconsulting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}