How do I unlock the home screen of my disabled iPad mini?

If you remember the password of your iPad, it's would be easy. However, you can still refer to below steps to unlock an iPad without password.
It is a good habit to have your iPad backed up regularly. In case of your iPad is locked, disabled or being stolen, you can easily recover your data from it. Otherwise, you'll lose all the data. To unlock iPad screen without password or to unlock disabled iPad mean you have to remove your previous pass code and restore your iPad. Here we introduce three methods which you can follow.
Method One: How to unlock iPad without password using iTunes

• 1. Connect iPad to the computer you have synced with.
• 2. Open iTunes on your computer and connect it with your iPad. If fortunate, you can enter the iTunes without password. But in most cases, there would be prompt asking for a pass code. Try another computer you've synced with, or use recovery mode. (The recovery mode will be mentioned in method three.)
• 3. Find your iPad in summary and make a manual backup. Once the backup have finished, click Restore your iPad with the most relevant back-up.

Method Two: How to unlock iPad screen without password with iCloud
You can also use iCloud to remove your password and recover your data if you have backed up before it was locked. And it is in the premise that you have set up Find My iPhone on your iPad, and you did remember your Apple ID, you can use iCloud to unlock your iPad.

• 1. Open your laptop or computer, go to icloud.com/find or open the iCloud app.
• 2. If the sign-in window pops up, just sign in with your Apple ID.
• 3. There's an All Devices button at the top-left of the window, click on it to call out a drop-down menu and choose your iOS device.
• 4. Click Erase (your device) in the prompt to finalize the process.
• 5. Now you can either recovery data to your device from a backup or set up as new if there isn't any back-up before.

Method Three: How to unlock a disabled iPad in recovery mode?
If you've neither synced with iTunes nor set up Find My iPhone in iCloud, you'll need to wipe your iPad to factory setting to remove the password, which means you'll suffer losing all your data on iPad and get it as a new one.
Please pay attention there is a slight difference in putting different models of iPad into recovery mode.
iPad Air

• 1. Turn off your iPad Air, press and hold the Home button.
• 2. While holding the Home key, connect the USB cable to the device. Wait until the Apple logo appears and keep holding the Home button for few more seconds.
• 3. Continue holding the Home button until the iTunes logo appears.

iPad mini/iPad pro

• 1. Connect your iPad to your computer or laptop and open iTunes.
• 2. While your device is connected, force to restart it.
• 3. Press and hold the Sleep/Wake and Home buttons at the same time. Don't release when you see the Apple logo. Keep holding both buttons until you see the recovery mode screen.

Now you have entered the recovery mode, and

1. When you see the option to Restore and Update, click it.


For more details, check: How to Unlock iPad

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you need to connect your iPad to a computer that has iTunes then hard reset it by pushing the sleep /wake and home button till you see the iTunes logo on your phone, then you'll see and option on the computer screen to restore, then click restore then wait for it to finish, then you can setup your device like new
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Tap Home to continue using your iPad. Double-tap the Home key when you are ready to unlock the screenorientation. Slide the Multitasking menu to the left to view the orientation lock icon. Tap the orientation lock icon.

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You will have to restore it by connecting to iTunes on your computer. That will erase all settings including the password. If you have a backup you can get it then set up as a new device with a new password.

You have to reset your iPad. Just follow below steps.

How to unlock iPad without password or how to unlock disabled iPad? It is a good habit to have your iPad backed up regularly. In case of your iPad is locked, disabled or being stolen, you can easily recover your data from it. Otherwise, you'll lose all the data. To unlock iPad screen without password or to unlock disabled iPad mean you have to remove your previous pass code and restore your iPad. Here we introduce three methods which you can follow.
Method One: How to unlock iPad without password using iTunes

• 1. Connect iPad to the computer you have synced with.
• 2. Open iTunes on your computer and connect it with your iPad. If fortunate, you can enter the iTunes without password. But in most cases, there would be prompt asking for a pass code. Try another computer you've synced with, or use recovery mode. (The recovery mode will be mentioned in method three.)
• 3. Find your iPad in summary and make a manual backup. Once the backup have finished, click Restore your iPad with the most relevant back-up.

Method Two: How to unlock iPad screen without password with iCloud
You can also use iCloud to remove your password and recover your data if you have backed up before it was locked. And it is in the premise that you have set up Find My iPhone on your iPad, and you did remember your Apple ID, you can use iCloud to unlock your iPad.

• 1. Open your laptop or computer, go to icloud.com/find or open the iCloud app.
• 2. If the sign-in window pops up, just sign in with your Apple ID.
• 3. There's an All Devices button at the top-left of the window, click on it to call out a drop-down menu and choose your iOS device.
• 4. Click Erase (your device) in the prompt to finalize the process.
• 5. Now you can either recovery data to your device from a backup or set up as new if there isn't any back-up before.

Method Three: How to unlock a disabled iPad in recovery mode?
If you've neither synced with iTunes nor set up Find My iPhone in iCloud, you'll need to wipe your iPad to factory setting to remove the password, which means you'll suffer losing all your data on iPad and get it as a new one.
Please pay attention there is a slight difference in putting different models of iPad into recovery mode.
iPad Air

• 1. Turn off your iPad Air, press and hold the Home button.
• 2. While holding the Home key, connect the USB cable to the device. Wait until the Apple logo appears and keep holding the Home button for few more seconds.
• 3. Continue holding the Home button until the iTunes logo appears.

iPad mini/iPad pro

• 1. Connect your iPad to your computer or laptop and open iTunes.
• 2. While your device is connected, force to restart it.
• 3. Press and hold the Sleep/Wake and Home buttons at the same time. Don't release when you see the Apple logo. Keep holding both buttons until you see the recovery mode screen.

Now you have entered the recovery mode, and

1. When you see the option to Restore and Update, click it.

2. Wait for the process to finish. Then you can set up and use your device.
For more details, check: How to Unlock iPad without Passcode

You can enter the recovery mode in iTunes and restore password on your disabled iPad. Just follow below steps to do that.

If you've neither synced with iTunes nor set up Find My iPhone in iCloud, you'll need to wipe your iPad to factory setting to remove the password, which means you'll suffer losing all your data on iPad and get it as a new one.
Please pay attention there is a slight difference in putting different models of iPad into recovery mode.
iPad Air

• 1. Turn off your iPad Air, press and hold the Home button.
• 2. While holding the Home key, connect the USB cable to the device. Wait until the Apple logo appears and keep holding the Home button for few more seconds.
• 3. Continue holding the Home button until the iTunes logo appears.

iPad mini/iPad pro

• 1. Connect your iPad to your computer or laptop and open iTunes.
• 2. While your device is connected, force to restart it.
• 3. Press and hold the Sleep/Wake and Home buttons at the same time. Don't release when you see the Apple logo. Keep holding both buttons until you see the recovery mode screen.

Now you have entered the recovery mode, and

1. When you see the option to Restore and Update, click it.

2. Wait for the process to finish. Then you can set up and use your device.
For more methods, check: How to Unlock iPad?

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Try connecting it to iTunes, turning off the ipad, then hold both the lock and the home button for 10 seconds, then relese the lock button while continuing to hold the home button until iTunes recognizes the iPad. Then you should be able to reset it without problem.