How to Unlock Disabled iPhone? Here Are Fixes!

To protect your data, you can set a passcode to lock your iPad without worrying about security. If your iPad supports Touch ID or Face ID, you can often use your fingerprint or face recognition instead of your passcode. However, if you forgot your iPad passcode — or you enter the wrong passcode on your iPad Lock Screen too many times, your iPad says disabled connect to iTunes. What to do when iPad is disabled? In this guide, we'll walk you through how to unlock disabled iPad in several ways.

• Part 1. Why Does My iPad Say Disabled?
• Part 2. How to Unlock Disabled iPad without iTunes or iCloud
• Part 3. How to Fix Disabled iPad without iTunes or Computer
• Part 4. How to Enable Disabled iPad with iTunes
• Part 5. FAQs about Unlocking a Disabled iPad

Part 1. Why Does My iPad Say Disabled?

When you enter the wrong passcode on your iPad Lock Screen too many times, you would receive an alter saying iPad is disabled connect to iTunes. You are allowed to enter the passcode no more than 10 times. After failed attempt passcode ten times, your iPad will be locked. In the whole process, you'll see the following message on your iPad.

Part 2. How to Unlock Disabled iPad without iTunes or iCloud

The quick and easy way to enable a disabled iPad is to use a professional iPad unlocker. With an iPad unlocker, you can unlock iPad when it is disabled without using iTunes. Here we do recommend MagFone iPhone Unlocker to you — a comprehensive unlocking tool for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch. It is compatible with all the latest version of iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch and can tackle of various unlocking issues.

If you want to unlock a disabled iPad without iTunes, you can use MagFone iPhone Unlocker to get it done. Beyond that, this unlocking tool can be used to remove Apple ID from device without password and delete Screen Time passcode and MDM locks on all Apple portable devices. Designed with an easy-to-use and intuitive interface, MagFone iPhone Unlocker is available for newbies. Follow the below steps to unlock disabled iPad.

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Step 1 Connect Disabled iPad to Computer

Launch MagFone iPhone Unlocker on your computer and select the Remove Lock Screen option to fix a disabled iPad. Then connect your disabled iPad to the computer by using a USB cable and click on the Start button.

Step 2 Put Disabled iPad into Recovery Mode

Then you are required to put your disabled iPad into recovery mode. If you don't know how to, you can follow the onscreen instruction. When you cannot enable your device into recovery mode, you can click on the link on the software.

Step 3 Download the Firmware for Disabled iPad

After your disabled iPad is detected by the software, the device information will be shown on the software. You need to check the crucial device and if there is nothing wrong, you can click on the Download button.

Step 4 Start to Unlock a Disabled iPad without iTunes

When the firmware is downloaded to your computer, you can start unlocking your disabled iPad by clicking the Unlock button. MagFone iPhone Unlocker will remove screen lock from your device as soon as possible.

Part 3. How to Fix Disabled iPad without iTunes or Computer

If you don't have a computer or cannot borrow one, you can try unlocking a disabled iPad by using your Apple ID password. With your Apple ID password, you can erase your disabled iPad to factory settings. Then you can restart your disabled iPad and access it again. Here's how to erase disabled iPad without iTunes or computer.

3.1 Erase Disabled iPad in Security Lockout Screen

When your disabled iPad is running iPadOS 15.2 or later, you can directly erase your device in Security Lockout or iPad Unavailable screen.

Step 1. Tap on Erase iPad at the bottom of the screen and tap on it again to confirm.

Step 2. Enter your Apple ID password to sign out of your Apple ID on your disabled iPad.

Step 3. Tap on Erase iPad to erase all the data and settings on your device.

3.2 Enable Disabled iPad with iCloud

Provided that you can remember your Apple ID password and have enabled Find My, you can erase your disabled iPad in iCloud.

Step 1. Enter your Apple ID credentials to log into iCloud.com and click on Find iPhone.

Step 2. Click on All Devices on the top of the screen and select your disabled iPad.

Step 3. In the pop-up window, click on Erase iPad. Then it will erase your device to factory settings.

3.3 Fix Disabled iPad via Find My App

You can also use the Find My app to unlock your disabled iPad. This only works if you've previously enabled Find My on your iPad.

Step 1. Open the Find My app on your other Apple device and tap on Devices.

Step 2. Select your disabled iPad from the device list and tap on Erase This Device.

Step 3. Tap on Continue, enter your trusted phone number, then tap on Erase to completely wipe out your device.

Part 4. How to Enable Disabled iPad with iTunes

With the help of iTunes, you can delete all the data and setting, including your passcode, then you can set up your iPad again. This process requires a computer and a compatible cable. Now follow the below steps to connect your iPad to the computer. Here's how to fix iPad is disabled connect to iTunes.

Step 1. Power off your iPad and plug your device into a computer.

Step 2. Put your disabled iPad into recovery mode, then open iTunes or Finder.

Step 3. Locate your iPad in the Finder or in iTunes, then choose Restore.

Part 5. FAQs about Unlocking a Disabled iPad

Q1. How to connect to iTunes when iPad is disabled?

A: When your iPad is disable, you can put your device into recovery mode. Then you can connect your disabled iPad to iTunes for resetting it.

Q2. How to put iPad in recovery mode when disabled?

A: To put a disabled iPad into recovery mode, you can press and hold the top button or the Home button on your iPad while connecting your device to the computer. Keep holding the button until you see the recovery mode screen on your iPad.

Q3. How to unlock disabled iPad without losing data?

A: In fact, you cannot unlock disabled iPad without losing data. All the methods will erase your disabled iPad, but you can restore your data from iCloud or iTunes to your iPad.

Conclusion

To sum up, there are five main ways of fixing a disabled iPad. You can put your disabled iPad into recovery mode and use iTunes to fix your device. If you can remember your Apple ID password, then you can erase your disabled iPad to factory settings for restarting it. Or you can directly use an iPad unlocker like MagFone iPhone Unlocker. Hope that all the above methods can help you unlock iPad when disabled.