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iOS 15 added a handy new recovery feature – here’s how to use it
The feature lets you choose a trustworthy recovery contact.
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Ever forgotten the password to one of your major accounts? How about the one for your Apple ID or iCloud? It hurts, doesn’t it? Well, Apple is making it easier to recover your accounts in iOS 15, with a new Account Recovery feature.
That means you won’t have to contact Apple Support to get back into your iCloud. You can rejoice now because if you’re the type to forget any of the hundreds of passwords we all need nowadays, this is going to come in handy.
Here’s how to set it up once iOS 15 arrives later this fall.
Here’s how to set up Account Recovery on iOS 15
Now if you ever find yourself locked out of your Apple ID or iCloud accounts, all you need to do is call one of your Account Recovery Contacts from your iPhone. Your contact will then give you a short unlock code, and you input that into your iPhone.
Once unlocked, you’ll be prompted to set a new account password. Now is the time to make use of iCloud’s password manager, and pick something long, unique, and even better – saved to your password manager.
You’ll have to wait until iOS 15 is publicly released in a few weeks if you don’t want to install the beta version ahead of time.
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