

By the way, the encryption algorithm has been changed since iOS 10, making it much more hard for cracking because of 128 bit advanced encryption standard.ĭoes that mean there's no way to recover a forgotten password for an iTunes backup? Not necessarily. Unfortunately, Apple doesn't offer a way to recover the forgotten backup password since the password is only stored locally on a machine.

A proper backup will contain specific data from the device, and can be encrypted at creation.

So if you forgot the iTunes or iPhone backup password, you have to find it out or recover it.įact about iTunes Encrypted Backup: First of all, we need to understand that a backup is different from syncing iPhone to a computer. The password-protected iTunes backup file can only be accessed when the initial password is entered. Since iTunes 4, there is an encryption option available during backup process. ITunes is one of the most popular tools being used for backing data on iPhone, iPad and iPod.
