Security and your Apple Account
Learn more about security and your Apple Account.
You use your Apple Account to sign in to Apple Services — like the App store, iCloud, Apple Music, iMessage, FaceTime, and more — and your account information includes your contact, payment, and security details. Apple uses best-in-class security technologies to help secure your data.
Never give your Apple Account password, verification codes, device passcode, recovery key, or any account security details to anyone else. Apple will never ask you for this information.
Apple has strict policies and procedures in place to prevent unauthorized access to your Apple Account. When you contact us for support, we may ask you to confirm your Apple Account via a notification that we send to your device. Or you can generate a temporary Support PIN that identifies your Apple Account.
Protect your Apple Account and password
To help protect your Apple Account and all the important content that you store with Apple, you can follow these recommendations.
Protect your account with two-factor authentication
Two-factor authentication is designed to make sure that you're the only person who can access your Apple Account, even if someone else knows your password. When you sign in to your Apple Account for the first time on a new device, that device asks for the verification code that is displayed automatically on your trusted devices.
Turn on Stolen Device Protection for iPhone
Stolen Device Protection is a security feature that helps prevent someone who has stolen your iPhone and knows your passcode from making critical changes to your account or device.
When Stolen Device Protection is turned on, some features and actions have additional security requirements when your iPhone is away from familiar locations such as home or work.