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ios 27 screen time reset passcode button missing

i cant reset my screen time passcode on ios 27 there is no option to do it

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Do you want to reset the passcode for screen time? Or, are you really trying to say that you forgot the screen time passcode?


When you say that a button is missing, there is no button to do what you ask. You are likely confusing this with the option to reset the passcode for the iPhone.....not screen time.


Change your Screen Time passcode on an iPhone or iPad - Apple Support


Reset the Screen Time passcode for your iPhone or iPad


  1. Open the Settings app, then tap Screen Time. 
  2. Tap Manage Screen Time. 
  3. Tap Change Screen Time Passcode, then tap Change Screen Time Passcode again. If asked, enter the Apple Account email address and password that you used to set up the Screen Time passcode.
  4. Enter a new Screen Time passcode, then enter it again to confirm.


Now......if you are really saying that you have forgotten the Screen Time Passcode......that is an entirely different and much more complicated issue that will require Restoring your phone, which will erase the data on the phone, so that you can set up the iPhone again and use your current backup to get all the data back on the iPhone.





aaaleksa wrote:
there is no option to reset Screen Time password without the Screen Time password

From the article I linked above:


”It’s recommended that you don’t skip adding a Screen Time Passcode Recovery. That way, if you forget your Screen Time passcode, you can use your Apple Account to reset it.”


So if you did not add Screen Time Passcode Recovery, you appear to be out of luck.

yes, I forgot my Screen Time passcode and and there is no option to reset Screen Time password without the Screen Time password

i think there was in ios 26 but in this one is different way

i think there was in ios 26


Not on the 2 iPhones here that are running iOS 26.7 and not on any other version of iOS 26 that I can remember.



Good catch.


That might have been the "button" or "option" that the OP was asking about.

fast thank you please