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Title: How to remove an Apple device from your iCloud account without the device
Post by: HCK on February 04, 2021, 04:05:11 pm
How to remove an Apple device from your iCloud account without the device

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<p>iCloud is a convenient hub for syncing a large array of personal data, some of it secret—like passwords. But if you lose or sell a device or it’s stolen, you can wind up potentially exposing your information in large and small ways. Apple does protect your device’s data by requiring a passcode, password, or a Touch ID/Face ID requirement for accessing the hardware, and that’s enough of a barrier most of the time, coupled with Apple prompting for a password or other validation when you try to make purchases at its various media and app stores.</p><p>But even if you can’t get access to the device, you can sever its connection to your iCloud account, which can reduce some of the impact.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3603933/how-to-remove-an-apple-device-from-your-icloud-account-without-the-device.html#jump">To read this article in full, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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