Reset iPhone without Apple ID

Updated Jun 08,2018 | by Micky

There are a lot of cases that you need reset your iPhone. The most common one is that you are going to sell your iPhone or give it to someone.  Or if the iPhone runs slowly or malfunctions, then reset it is also an effective way to solve the problem. If you choose reset iPhone by itself or with iCloud, you need to put in your Apple ID. However, how to reset iPhone without Apple ID?

Apple ID is an all-in-one account which is used to log into all the different accounts provided by Apple, such as iTunes, iCloud, Apple Store, etc, and you can use it to purchase apps, shopping in the iTunes Store, and iCloud, etc. However, if you forget your Apple ID or its passwords for your iPhone, you cannot access those servers and manage your personal files including reset your iPhone in iCloud backups. L, this article will give you some suggestions to reset iPhone without Apple ID, making your iPhone accessible again and even though your iDevice is running iOS 11.

How to Reset iPhone without Apple ID via iTunes

If you've synced your device with iTunes, you can reset your device. This will erase the device and its passcode.

Step 1: Connect iPhone to your computer with USB cable.

Step 2: Open iTunes on your computer and turn off your iPhone.

Step 3: Press the Home button and wake/sleep button until you see the Recovery screen (for iPhone 7, press volume down button and wake/sleep button) > Click OK on the pop-up window in iTunes to put your iPhone in Recovery Mode

Step 4: When you see iTunes has been detected a device in "Recovery Mode" and ask to accept, please click on “Restore” button and wait for the process being completed. A few minutes later, the iPhone will be reset and all the data on the phone was erased permanently.

Note: "Find My iPhone" should be off when you try the above way.

However, if you are not familiar to iTunes, it would be a big challenge to reset your iPhone by using iTunes in the above way. Fortunately, there is another way out to erase the iPhone without Apple ID. It is more simple and effective. To erase iphone without passcode & iTunes, as well as erase iPhone without Apple ID, you need a tool IOTransfer.

Erase iphone with IOTransfer

IOTransfer offers a smart iPhone cleaner, supporting cleaning up your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch junk files. With 1-Click, it will clean junk and temporary files generated by iOS system or third-party apps, and delete useless log files and caches from your iOS devices. IOTransfer can also erase the unwanted photos, videos, contract.etc on iPhone. Let’s see how IOtransfer helps you erase iPhone.

Step 1:  Free download IOTransfer, install and launch it.

Step 2: Connect your iPhone to the computer with a USB cable and accept the permission request popup on your iPhone.

Step3. Open IOTransfer and it will recognize your iPhone automatically.

Steps4: Click MANAGIE at the top and then choose the music, videos, photos or any other items you want to delete to erase your iPhone. Please refre to below picture.

In this way, IOTransfer can help you erase iPhone to avoid privacy leaks before your sell it or give it to someone.  Besides, you can also  restore all data to your new iPhone under the MANAGIE tab by export the information on your iPhone to your PC and then import it to your new iPhone. Thus, it is really a useful iPhone manager to erase and restore your iPhone. Certanily, it is also helpful to transfer data between your iPhone and PC.

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