Need to disable Activation Lock on an iPhone or iPad? Here are the 3 Apple-connected options to do so<article>
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<p>Apple added <a href="
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201365" rel="nofollow">Activation Lock[/url] several years ago to its iPhones as a theft deterrent, partly at the request of users and partly because law enforcement insisted it would reduce the incentive for grab-and-run theft. The idea was that even if an iPhone were stolen and wiped, the device would refuse to allow a new installation without the Apple ID and password for the account that originally registered it being available to unlock it.</p><p>Activation Lock is turned on by enabling Find My in
Settings > account name > iCloud. Disabling Find My requires the same Apple ID login that turned it on. It’s now also available on an iPad, iPod touch, Apple Watch, and <a href="
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208862" rel="nofollow">any Mac with the T2 security chip[/url] that enables Touch ID and other features. On a Mac, use the iCloud preference pane in macoS 10.14 Mojave and earlier and the Apple ID preference pane starting in 10.15 Catalina.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3569448/need-to-disable-activation-lock-on-an-iphone-or-ipad-here-are-the-3-apple-connected-options-to-do-s.html#jump">To read this article in full, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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Need to disable Activation Lock on an iPhone or iPad? Here are the 3 Apple-connected options to do so
