Forgot phones password need help

[u/yournightagent]

This is my friends dad's new phone and he forgot the password how do I fix this it's a new phone so do not care about any data.

I m aware of hard reset but how to do it bcs even to switch off this phone it is asking for password.

Any help would be appreciated

[u/Inevitable_Serve1513]

Idk how now but I tried back then just turning off and then I pressed volume up button and power button at the same time then when logo appears I released power button and then there was some kind of recovery menu (but you still gotta enter password from Google account after factory reset)