How to Turn Off the Password on Your iPhone

To turn off the password on an iPhone, open Settings, tap Face ID & Passcode or Touch ID & Passcode, enter the current passcode, and tap Turn Passcode Off. The iPhone may also request the Apple Account password or another security confirmation before removing the passcode.

On some iPhones, the setting is labeled Passcode rather than password. These instructions remove the screen lock passcode; they do not remove the password used for the Apple Account.

What do you need before turning off the iPhone passcode?

Before you turn off the password on an iPhone, have the unlocked iPhone and its current screen lock passcode in hand. Apple does not allow the passcode to be removed from Settings without first entering the current passcode.

A passcode protects information stored on the iPhone. Face ID and Touch ID are biometric authentication methods that use your face or fingerprint, but both rely on the passcode as their security foundation. Removing the passcode also disables biometric unlocking.

Before continuing, consider these effects:

• Anyone holding the iPhone may be able to open it and view its contents.
• Face ID or Touch ID will no longer unlock the iPhone.
• Payment cards and other protected Wallet features may be removed or become unavailable.
• Saved passwords, health information, messages, photos, and account access will have less protection if the iPhone is lost or taken.

How do I turn off the password on my iPhone?

The exact passcode menu name depends on whether the iPhone has Face ID, Touch ID, or neither. Follow the label shown in Settings.

1. Unlock the iPhone and open Settings.
2. Tap Face ID & Passcode, Touch ID & Passcode, or Passcode.
3. Enter the current screen lock passcode.
4. Scroll down and tap Turn Passcode Off.
5. Read the warning and confirm that you want to turn off the passcode.
6. If prompted, enter the Apple Account password or complete the security check shown on the iPhone.

After confirmation, lock the screen and wake the iPhone to check the change. The device should open without requesting the former passcode.

Why is Turn Passcode Off greyed out or missing?

If Turn Passcode Off is greyed out or absent, a security policy may require the iPhone to keep a passcode. Do not remove an unfamiliar management profile merely to expose the setting.

• Work or school management: A mobile device management profile, called MDM, can enforce passcode rules. Check Settings, General, then VPN & Device Management. The organization that manages the iPhone may need to change its policy.
• Work account policy: An employer-managed email or account configuration may require a device passcode even when the entire iPhone is not managed.
• Screen Time: A Screen Time passcode is separate from the screen lock passcode. Screen Time restrictions can limit account or settings changes, but the presence of a Screen Time passcode alone does not necessarily block Turn Passcode Off. Review Content & Privacy Restrictions if settings changes are restricted.
• Find My and theft protection: Find My is separate and normally is not a general requirement for keeping a screen passcode. However, theft-protection settings or a security delay may require Face ID, Touch ID, or additional waiting before a sensitive change can be completed.

If the iPhone belongs to an employer or school, contact its administrator before changing profiles or security settings.

How do you turn off Face ID or Touch ID with the passcode?

Turning off the iPhone passcode also turns off Face ID or Touch ID for unlocking because biometric authentication requires a passcode as a fallback. You do not normally need to delete the saved face or fingerprints first.

If you want to keep the passcode but stop biometric unlocking, open Settings, choose Face ID & Passcode or Touch ID & Passcode, enter the passcode, and disable the option for iPhone Unlock. Other listed uses of Face ID or Touch ID can be controlled separately.

What changes after the iPhone passcode is turned off?

Once the passcode is off, waking and opening the iPhone is faster, but possession of the device may be enough to access it. Apps can still have their own passwords, although information already visible through unlocked apps receives less device-level protection.

Apple Pay and protected Wallet functions require device security, so payment cards or related features may be removed or unavailable after the passcode is disabled. Read the warning presented by the iPhone before confirming because it identifies the immediate effects on that device.

The password for an encrypted backup made on a computer is separate from the iPhone screen passcode. Turning off the screen passcode does not remove the encryption password from an existing local backup and does not make that backup readable without its backup password.

How do you turn the iPhone passcode back on?

To restore the screen lock later, open Settings and tap Face ID & Passcode, Touch ID & Passcode, or Passcode. Tap Turn Passcode On, create a new passcode, and enter it again to confirm.

After the passcode is enabled, review the Face ID or Touch ID choices in the same menu. Wallet cards or other protected features may need to be set up again if the iPhone removed them when the passcode was turned off.

What if you forgot the current iPhone passcode?

This procedure assumes that you know the current screen lock passcode. There is no legitimate Settings shortcut for turning off the password on an iPhone without entering that passcode.

If the current passcode is forgotten, stop trying repeated guesses because the iPhone can impose longer waiting periods. Forgotten-passcode recovery is a separate process that generally requires erasing or resetting the device and then restoring available data from a backup. Follow Apple’s device-recovery guidance for that situation rather than the passcode-removal steps on this page.