The article "If you forgot your Apple ID password"outlines the only way to reset your password:
Summary of the key points:
If you have a device that's still signed into your Apple ID, you can reset the password from that device's settings. You go to the Settings / System Preferences app and open your Apple ID > Password & Security page. There, you can Change Password.
If you do not, you must use Apple's "Recover Your Apple ID".
The article "Change your Apple ID security questions" outlines how security questions work:
Summary of the key points:
- You no longer have security questions if you enabled two-factor authentication. You must use the account recovery flow at "Recover Your Apple ID" (more on that below).
Lastly, as I mentioned, if you have enabled two-factor authentication you will not have security questions. Thus, you must follow the flow at "Recover Your Apple ID". Information on that process is found in the article "How to use account recovery when you can’t reset your Apple ID password".
Account recovery is done by email, phone, and sometimes by credit card. Follow the prompts given and you may be able to recover your account.
Answer from Ezekiel on Stack ExchangeVideos
Basically, the title.
I admit I am a very infrequent Apple user and I only have an iPad I bought some time in 2019. Back then I registered an Apple ID / iCloud account, but never really used it as I mostly use Google ecosystem.
Well, long story short, I logged out of this account on my iPad for the first time in 3 years and now when I am trying to log in again on the same device I am asked for a phone number with only last 2 digits shown. The problem is that I moved a few times and I have absolutely no idea what this number may be.
I have access to the e-mail, the account is registered to my legal name, I can look my apple ID up by using the name and e-mail, I remember my password (!), but I can't log into this account again because I don't remember the phone number and I can't find how to start the account recovery process - every time I try to go to some iforget... page, I end up with the same prompt for the phone number that I don't have with no other options suggested.
What should I do? Nothing really of value in that account, so I can probably just create a new one, but still... Am I missing something here?
Thanks!