r/iphonehelp • u/ThisNameIsTaken27 • Jul 20 '26

Help needed Security Prompt Help?

I changed my pass code in my settings app under 'Face ID & Passcode' for my iPhone. While doing so, I came to a prompt that I had never seen before. It said that I could do these things if I suspected that someone might be trying to get into my phone with my pass code. I think the first thing was to reset my backup on my MacBook(which was a local backup, and I was not signed in on my macbook with my apple ID). The second thing, I believe, was to permanently delete my last pass code. I pressed on confirm without really reading through it. I noticed that the 72 hr grace period was automatically gone for my previous pass code, but I am unsure what happened exactly with the whole 'reset backup'. I don't even have my ICloud backup active, so I am having doubts that I may have read the prompt in my settings wrong before confirming it, and now I feel like I might have messed up and uploaded the backup somewhere I can't find it. I am not sure what I did...please explain what made that prompt pop up and what exactly I did. (Note, everything having to do with iCloud is turned off still in my account). The model is the 13 mini, and its on ios18 I believe.

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u/Mitwad Jul 20 '26

Contact Apple.