Everything you do with apple such as downloading applications, sending iMessages, etc, is related with your Apple ID. That means you will have trouble of doing things with your iOS devices if you forgot your iCloud password, which basically means your Apple ID password.

However, you might not take iCloud password seriously when you just bought a new iOS device, so you just entered several words randomly. Later on you find that nothing is more annoying than the continuous Wrong iCloud Password notification from your iOS devices. It appears that you can do nothing if you cannot recall this password.

Under such circumstances, what you should do isn’t to recall the original one but to create a new one because the latter solution is much easier. This article is intend to tell you what should you do if you forget your iCloud password. There are basically four approaches for you to do this, and you will know how easy it is to reset iCloud password.

Reset iCloud Password Through Apple ID Account

You can directly reset your iCloud password through Apple ID account page: https://appleid.apple.com/#!&page=signin. This website provides you with multiple ways for you to reset your password. When the former two step are done, you will find that these solutions are rather practical.

Step 1: Navigate to apple ID account page and click Forget Apple ID or Password; or you can directly go to iforgot.apple.com.

Step 2: Enter your Apple ID and the verification code then click continue;

Reset iCloud password

There are four different approaches in the next step for you to reset your password depending on the type of security you have set up for your Apple account. The four approaches namely are answering security questions, sending emails, two-step authentication and two-factor verification.

Reset Password by Answering Several Security Questions

When setting up a new iPad, iPhone or Mac, or when creating an Apple ID, you were probably asked to enter answers to some security questions: the name of the road where you grew up, perhaps, or the name of a favourite teacher. If you choose to reset your password by answering your security questions, these are the steps you will need to go through:

Step 1: Start by entering your date of birth. Apple will then ask you two questions. Enter the correct answers and you'll arrive on a Reset Password page.

Step 2: Now enter your new password twice (so that Apple can confirm you've spelled it the same way each time). Your password needs to have 8 or more characters, upper and lowercase letters, and at least one number. It also cannot contain the same character three times in a row (or any spaces), and you're not allowed to reuse a password you've used in the past year.

Reset Password through E-mail

Resetting password through E-mail is another choice you have, if you don't feel like using the methods mentioned above, you can give this a try.

Step 1: If you select get an email, Apple will send an email to your primary or rescue email address that you can use to reset your password.

Step 2: Just follow the step of the link in your email and you will finally have your password reseted.

If you have set up two-step authentication, you can reset or change your password directly from your trusted iPhone, iPad, Pod touch, or Mac. The detailed process about how to reset password on iPhone or mac will be introduced in the instructions below.

If you have set two-factor verification, then follow these steps:

Step 1: Enter your recovery key

Step 2: Choose a trusted device. Apple will send your device a verification code.

Step 3: Enter the verification code.

Step 4: Set a new password.

Now comes to the introduction of reseting password on iOS devices. These methods probably are less complicated than resetting password through website. You can reset your password simply by tapping several options on your phone or Mac.

Reset Password on iPhone

If you’re already signed in to iCloud, then follow the procedures:

Step 1: start settings on your iPhone.

Step 2: tap [your name] then tap Password & Security .

Step 3: Tap Change Password.

Step 4: Enter the passcode of your phone. This passcode is the same with your screen lock password.

Step 5: Now you can enter a new iCloud password.

Reset password on mac is as easy as reseting it on iPhone. You can achieve your goal by slicking several menus.

Reset iCloud Password on Mac

You can also reset the iCloud password directly on your Mac. Here's how you can do it.

Step 1: Open System Preferences;

Step 2: Click iCloud;

Step 3: Click Account Details at left side of the page;

Step 4: Click Security then Reset Password. Another thing you need to know is that before you can reset your Apple ID password, you'll be required to enter the password used to unlock your mac.

In conclusion, as long as you have your Apple ID and you Apple device, you will always in command of your apple account. Password is a thing that you create, so do not be troubled by it.