How to Find & Recover Restrictions Passcode on iPhone 8/X/7/6S

"Hey guys, I want to remove some apps after I upgraded my iPhone to iOS 11. I know it is easy to delete applications, but I couldn't make it because of the forgotten restrictions passcode. Do you have any good ideas?" - asked by Jason in forum

What Is Restrictions Passcode 

Some users may wonder what the restrictions passcode is, so let's have an overview of it. The restrictions feature is disabled on all iOS devices by default. Once it is enabled, it will be built with a 4-digit number to authorize you to do some operations on iPhone like purchasing apps, erase contents and etc. So it is a typical parental control feature. However, since it is not only used for parents to control what the kids view or use, Apple has changed it to restrictions passcode.

What if you have the similar problem like Jason? Here this article will show you how to find iPhone restrictions passcode in backup and alternative methods if you can not get it back in any case.

How to Recover Restrictions Passcode on iPhone 

Before recovery, you need backup your iPhone through iTunes.

Step 1. Install iBackupBot on your computer and connect your iPhone to computer.

Step 2. Launch the tool you have installed.

Step 3. Go to System Files -> HomeDomain -> Library -> Preferences.

Step 4. Open the file named as "com.apple.springboard.plist" with Wordpad or Notepad.

Step 5. Within this file, you need find these lines:

SBParentalControlsMCContentRestrictions

countryCode

us

Step 6. Insert the following lines after the ones in step 5:

SBParentalControlsPIN

1234

Step 7. Save and close this file.

Step 8. Right click your device and press "Restore from backup".

After doing the above steps, you will reset the previous iPhone restrictions passcode to "1234" in the backup file. Of course, you can replace "1234" with any passcode you like.

Alternative and Recommended Method: Remove iPhone Restrictions Passcode

As you can see, the steps we talk about in the previous part seems confusing or complicated. In some degree, it is a little bit difficult. So the alternative and recommended way is to remove your iPhone restrictions passcode without data loss.

Generally speaking, erase all contents and settings from your iPhone is the easiest way to get rid of your forgotten restrictions passcode. But what you should know is that all your data will be lost after this operation. Here you might need Yolisoft iPhone Data Recovery, which is professional tool in retrieving lost iPhone 8/7/6/6S data due to factory restore, virus attack, iOS update, unintentional deletion, jailbreak failure, etc. iPhone data like contacts, photos, videos, iMessages, text messages, Safari bookmark, calendar, notes, voice memo are all well supported. 

Some users prefer to restore data from their previous iTunes/iCloud backup after factory restore. But there is still a problem you need to consider - all your data including the forgotten restrictions passcode will be retrieved. That means all the effort you put in has amounted to nothing. In order to prevent this issue, you can also try the "Data Backup & Restore" function of Yolisoft iPhone Data Recovery. It allows you to choose what you want to backup and restore. That means you can choose not to backup the restrictions passcode at the very beginning. Then it is speedy to just transfer data back to your iPhone.