How to Remove Recovery Contacts on iPhone

Recovery contacts are handy if you want to regain access to your device. However, you might decide to later remove someone as your preferred option.

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You might want to remove someone from your recovery contacts for several reasons. Perhaps you lost trust in that individual, or maybe you simply don’t want to use the feature anymore. Regardless, this article will show you how to do it.

How to Remove Recovery Contacts on iOS

If you want to remove recovery contacts on your iPhone, the process is pretty straightforward. All you need to do is follow the steps listed below.

1. Open the Settings app and click on your name at the top of the screen.
2. Now, you’ll be in the Apple ID section. For the next step, go to Password & Security and select this.
3. Click on the Account Recovery tab.
4. Under Recovery Assistance, choose the contact you want to remove from your recovery contacts.
5. When the next window appears, hit the Remove Contact option.
6. You will see a prompt asking you to confirm your decision at the bottom of your screen. Select Remove Contact again.

After following the steps listed above, your iPhone will remove your recovery contact with immediate effect. You should see these changes reflected under the Recovery Assistance tab.

Removing Recovery Contacts on iOS Is Easy

If you want to delete a recovery contact, the process will take you just a couple of minutes at most. Once you’ve completed these actions, that individual will no longer be able to help you sign back into your device.

Unless that person has completely obliterated your trust, or you have a replacement that can help you get back into your account, we recommend thinking twice before deleting someone.

Danny is a freelance writer who has been using Apple products for over a decade. He’s written for some of the largest technology publications on the web and previously worked as an in-house writer before carving his own route. Danny grew up in the UK, but now writes about tech from his Scandinavian base.