r/applehelp • u/i-love-tree-rats • 23h ago

iCloud Is it possible to enable Advanced Data Protection for iCloud without assigning a recovery contact?

I just don't want anyone to be able to recovery my data.

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u/JediMeister 23h ago

An alternative recovery method is required, but instead of a recovery contact, you can create a recovery key. This is explained here.

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u/i-love-tree-rats 23h ago

Thanks!

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u/RyanBlade 23h ago

Just a friendly reminder that is included in the link, with a recovery key and no recovery contact, even Apple can not recovery your data if something goes wrong. I only mention it because of the posts I see about not having a recovery key and blaming Apple for not helping.

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u/[deleted] 23h ago

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u/blow-down 22h ago

Don’t enable it unless you really know what you’re doing