How to Customize and Bypass iPhone Lock Screen

When using iPhone or iPad, you may find that it is easy to access some private information even if the screen is locked. What if you don't want others to see your personal data on your locked screen? In fact, you can customize your locked iPhone screen with a passcode.

What will you do if you forget the passcode and want to open your iPhone? We also provide you the easiest way to help you unlock iPhone.

Or you just want your photos, contacts, and other important files back? Taking these into account, we shall share the quickest solution to recover your iOS data from screen locked iPhone.

• Part 1. How to customize locked screen on iPhone/iPad
• Part 2. How to unlock your screen locked iPhone/iPad
• Part 3. How to recover data from a locked screen iPhone/iPad

Part 1. How to customize locked screen on iPhone/iPad

It is easy to access some private information when your iPhone is locked. This problem still exists in iOS system even iOS 16. We will tell you how to customize your locked screen on iPhone or iPad in iOS 12/13/14/15/16. Actually, you can customize these features like notifications, Control Center, Home Control, Siri, Reply with Messages, Wallet, Open Camera, Today View, USB accessories, and more.

Turn off access within apps

To avoid private leaking, you can turn off access to Control Center and customize controls with passcode.

Go to Settings > Control Center, and disable Access within Apps.

Customize controls

You can also customize controls, like adding or removing controls.

You can remove controls include Flashlight, Timer, Calculator, Camera, Scan QR Code, Accessibility Shortcuts, Alarm, Apple TV Remote, Guided Access, Hearing, Home, Notes, Screen Recording, Voice Memos, Wallet, Hearing, Low Power Mode, Magnifier, Stop Watch, Do Not Disturb While Driving.

However, not all apps are necessary to be removed, e.g. flashlight, which can easily turn on when you are in the dark.

Hide notifications

Even if you didn't enter a passcode or use Touch ID, sometimes your notification such as reply to messages are accessible on locked screen. You can follow these steps to hide these notifications.

Go to Settings > Touch ID & Passcode (Face ID & Passcode, if you are using iPhone X or later). (Touch ID is not working?)

You can hide the following notifications, including Today View, Notification Center, Control Center, Siri, Reply with Messages, Home Control, Wallet, Return Missed Calls, USB Accessories.

You can also change your lock screen wallpaper as you like. It is just so easy.

Go to Setting > Wallpaper > Choose a new Wallpaper.

Turn off Previews

Go to Setting > Notifications > Show Preview

Choose Never, and the notification will not be accessible.

Part 2. How to unlock your screen locked iPhone/iPad

Can I unlock the screen-locked iPhone?

The answer is definitely yes.

Here are 2 ways to remove the screen-locked passcode from iPhone iPad.

Wipe Locked-Screen Password from iPhone

You can wipe the screen lock password from iOS device via Apeaksoft iOS Unlocker.

Apeaksoft iOS Unlocker is the easy iPhone unlocker software. Whether your iPhone is locked by Face ID, 6-digit, or customed alphanumeric code, this software can wipe the lock password and help you use your iPhone as new one.

Recommendation

• Remove a variety of password like Face ID, Touch ID, 4-digit, 6-digit, customized number and code.
• Remove Apple ID account so that you can add a new Apple ID.
• Recover Screen Time password or wipe the password to use iPhone without limits.
• Compatible with all iOS devices like iPhone 14 Pro Max/14 Pro/14 Plus/14/13/12 Pro Max, 12 Pro, 12 mini, 12, 11 Pro Max, 11 Pro, 11, XS, X, 8, 7, 6s, 6, iPad Pro, iPod, etc., running in iOS 16/15/14/13/12/11 and earlier.

Now, let’s see how to unlock the screen-locked iPhone.

Step 1. Connect locked iPhone to computer

Free download iOS Unlocker into your computer. This software is compatible with Windows and Mac computer, and you can download the version you want.

Run it and choose Wipe Passcode mode. Connect your iPhone to computer via the USB cable. Click the Start button to continue.

Step 2. Confirm iPhone information

Here, the information of your iPhone will be detected automatically. Confirm it if they are correct. Otherwise, just modify it to match your iPhone, and click the Start button to continue.

Step 3. Download iOS firmware

Then this program will download the iOS firmware from Apple server and make your computer connected with the Internet. It will take some time, and you just need to wait it patiently.

Step 4. Unlock iPhone passcode

After the firmware downloading is complete, click the Unlock button and input 0000. After that, click Unlock to confirm the unlocking process again.

Then this software will unlock your iPhone and your iPhone will restart during the process.

Remove Password from Locked iPhone

You can open your locked screen iPhone with Apeaksoft iPhone Eraser. Before using it, you should know if this program is your first choice. Because it will help you 100% erase everything including your passcode on your iPhone and secure your personal data. Without a passcode, you can still access your iPhone.

Before erasing your locked screen iPhone, you need to install and launch the latest iTunes on your computer. For iTunes and iPhone Eraser cannot operate at the same time, you should close iTunes before launching iPhone Eraser on your computer.

Step 1. Download, install and launch iPhone Erase on your computer.

Step 2. Connect your iPhone with the computer via a USB cable.

Step 3. Select the erasing level, you can select from low, medium, or high erasing level according to your need.

Step 4. After selecting the erasing level, click "Start" to erase all data and settings on iOS.

Then your iPhone with a locked screen will be erased thoroughly. You can easily open your iPhone.

Part 3. How to recover data from a locked screen iPhone/iPad

Sometimes, your iPhone or iPad is locked without a passcode to open it. You want to check some important files but failed. At that time, you need to remember that your lost iOS data can be extracted with a third-party tool. If there is some precious photos and important files, you want to see them right now. You can recover all your wanted files from your iPhone or iPad with this highly recommend Apeaksoft iPhone Data Recovery. iPhone Data Recovery is surely the professional iOS data recovery software to fix a screen-locked device.

Step 1. Download, install and launch Apeaksoft iPhone Data Recovery. Connect your locked screen iPhone and computer via a USB cable.

Step 2. Select the mode from the left list. You can recover from iOS device, recover from iTunes Backup File, or recover from iCloud Backup File.

Step 3. After scanning, choose the file you want to recover, and click "Recover".

If you have backed up data with iTunes on this computer before, you can choose from iTunes Backup File.

After choosing the right iTunes backup, click "Start" to start scanning.

Then you will find the backup files listed in the left panel. Check the file you want to recover, and click "Recover" to recover data from iTunes backup file.

If you have uploaded your iOS data to iCloud before, you can choose recover from iCloud Backup File.

Sign in your Apple ID and Password on the right interface.

Choose the right iCloud backup and click "Download" button.

Then all iOS files will be displayed in the left panel. Choose the data you want to recover and click "Recover".

Conclusion

With the above suggestions, you can solve the problems at ease whether you want to keep your information safe, or reset your forgotten password iPhone. We'd like to fix your locked screen iPhone to normal with the easiest solutions. Fixing a screen-locked iPhone has been a piece of cake ever then. You can easily handle this. We'd hope that our solutions are helpful to in work and life.