I bought the device from someone else but we don’t know who’s that person and we can’t contact him

How can I take off the activation lock without the previous owner ??

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Posted on Jun 5, 2020 11:26 AM

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Jun 5, 2020 11:32 AM in response to Nicolealejandra36

You can't(unless the Apple ID it's asking for is yours). It's an anti-theft measure.

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