How to Factory Reset iPhone 6s without Password or iTunes

Elina wu
4 min readDec 12, 2019

Why you would like to factory reset iPhone 6s? If your iPhone 6s is disabled after several trials, how can you unlock it without passcode? Or you got a second-hand iPhone without password or iTunes, how can you make use of it. It is high time to factory reset iPhone. Here you will get 2 effective ways to do it.

Way 1: Factory reset iPhone 6s with iCloud to bypass password

Without password or iTunes, you can take advantage of iCloud to restore iPhone. But you should know the iPhone iCloud account and its password.

Step 1: Sign in iCloud with your Apple ID and passcode.

Step 2: After you successfully sign in iCloud, you can view the account settings. Next, click Find iPhone option.

Step 3: Then, click All Devices on the middle top of the interface. From the drop-down menu, you can select the iPhone which you want to factory reset.

Step 4: Click the Erase iPhone option in the pop-out interface.

Step 5: When it pop-out the confirmation box, you can click Erase button. You should be clear that this operation will clean all content and settings in the iPhone.

Step 6: Re-enter the passcode to make it continue. After that, you can power cycle the iPhone and activate it with your own Apple ID.

Way 2: Factory reset iPhone 6s with iPhone Passcode Genius

If you do not know the iCloud passcode and the second-hand iPhone is locked, how can you factory reset it to make it as a new one? You can utilize the iPhone passcode software to unlock it. iSunshare iPhone Passcode Genius is one of the best iPhone passcode unlocking software that can help to remove/bypass iPhone passcode . Moreover, it can help you to update the iPhone to the newest version. So , it can also be used to be the factory reset tool.

Step 1: Download iSunshare iPhone Passcode Genius on your Windows computer. Make it installed rightly.

Step 2: Launch iPhone Passcode Genius and choose Unlock Lock Screen.

click Unlock lock screen

Step 3: Click the Start button to unlock iPhone 6s.

Step 4: Connect iPhone to the computer and then click the Next button.

Step 5: Then the software will load your iPhone6s info. After minutes, you will get the Download the Firmware Package Online interface and then click the Download button.

Step 6: Waiting for the Firmware Package downloading process to end.

download firmware package process

Step 7: In the end, you will go to the Unlock interface. Click the Unlock button and the iPhone will be erased. Also, the software will help you to remove the screen lock and update the iPhone to newest iOS versions.

click Unlock to factory reset iPhone

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