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I did not use a password to create an encrypted backup, but when I try to restore from my last backup, it asks for a password, which I never created? It will not restore my last backup without a password? What is the workaround for this?
iPhone 7 Plus
Hello and welcome to Apple Support Communities, mkovaleski!
We understand you don't recall setting up a backup password for an encrypted backup. We'd be happy to provide information about this.
It's not possible to get around this. If you don't recall the password, use the steps in the article you came from to reset: If you can’t remember the password for your encrypted backup - Apple Support
Have a great day!
I did not create an encrypted backup. I purposely chose not to as I did not want to create a password.
Yet when I try to recover from the backup it is asking for a password? I am just started from scratch and moving on.
Thanks for your reply.
For what it's worth.........my wife purchased a new iPhone a few weeks ago, and I used an unencrypted backup on my Mac to transfer data from the backup to the new phone. Was never asked for a "password" during the transfer process.
Now.....if your backup was to iCloud......all iCloud backups are encrypted automatically. You would use the password associated with the Apple ID on the device that made the backups.
You might not remember, but it is not possible to create an encrypted backup without specifying a password.
I did not use a password to create an encrypted backup, but when I try to restore from my last backup, it asks for a password, which I never created? It will not restore my last backup without a password? What is the workaround for this?
