Approve my iPad

Hi silas200,

Welcome to the Apple (user-to-user) Community.

Re: "I reset my iPad and am trying to recover my messages but can't remember my old password".

Messages is one of the apps that you log-in to with your Apple ID and Apple ID password.

(You would likely have used them to log-in here to the Apple Community.)

If needed:

Apple Support's online article: Restore all content to iPad from a backup - Apple Support

says:

see the Recover your Apple ID website.

All the best :-)

If you don't have access to your other device any longer then you'll have to reset your end to end encrypted data. You should have an option below that... click on that then on the next pop up it should give you the option to reset your end to end encrypted data.

This explains what end to end encrypted data is: iCloud data security overview - Apple Support

Hi Texas Trish,

Sorry, I do not know for sure. This discussion thread is about a different topic (password). If you want the Community to see, and maybe answer to, your question, please click the "Ask the Community" button at the top, and begin a new discussion.

All the best :-)

i am resetting my mini after misplacing it for a while. The ipad mimi says to go to your other devices signed to icloud to approve this ipad.

how and where do i do this

my ipad is waiting for approval