Since you have decided to buy the latest generation of iPhone by Apple, you are looking for a guide that will explain you specifically how to disable iPhone in order to disconnect your Apple ID from the old model. We from ChimeraRevo we will help you in this.
How to disable iPhone via iCloud
The first solution that we recommend you take advantage of for deactivate your iPhone is to act directly from the website of iCloud. The only requirement to be met is know the password of your Apple ID paired with the iOS device.
In case you would like to disable your iPhone because it was stolen or you have lost it, you will have to follow some specific steps that we propose in these dedicated guides.
If, on the other hand, your intention is to sell or give the current one as a gift iPhone, then you have to dissociate it from yours Apple account exploiting iCloud so as to allow the new owner to activate it without entering your password.
To do this, carefully follow the steps listed below:
- Open the default browser on your Windows or Mac PC (eg. Chrome, Firefox, Safari o Edge), connect to the website of iCloud.com and fill in the required fields to login.
- At this point, through the main screen of the Web portal, press ongear icon per accesre alle Settings.
- Now, identify the section I my device, click oniPhone icon, then click on X that appears in correspondence with the name (through the window devices) and confirm by clicking on Remove from the message shown.
How to disable iPhone via iTunes
If you have a computer, you can take advantage of it iTunes to unpair the device and restore it to factory settings. To do this, take the steps listed below as a reference:
- Connect your iPhone to the computer via the Lightning cable and wait for that iTunes starts automatically. If not, do a double click on its icon to open it manually.
- Now, press oniPhone icon present at the top left and then click on the item Riepilogo via the side menu.
- Once this is done, locate the section Back up automatically and tick the item iCloud. Instead, remove the mark from the items Automatically syncs when iPhone is connected, Sync with iPhone via Wi-Fi e Sync only selected songs and videos. When finished, click on Apply per salvare I modified it.
- Now, you need to delete all iPhone backups created previously. To do this, click on the menu Modification software, you choose Pref Renze and then press on the card devices.
- In the next step, select the backup one by one and click on the first Delete backup and then Delete to delete them completely.
Now, you can proceed with the restore the iPhone by first deactivating the function Find my iPhone and then using iTunes. To better carry out the entire procedure, we propose below some dedicated guides.
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