Summary
Apple iPad is disabled, and you can't access the iPad, how to open disabled iPad? It's easy if you have the iPad Apple ID and Apple ID password, you can fix disabled iPad from iCloud, but without Apple ID and iPad screen passcode, turn to EelPhone DelPassCode to fix disabled iPad in clicks without password.
"iPad is disabled connect to iTunes" screen appears, and you can enter the screen passcode after 1 minutes or longer, just wait, and try the password again to get into disabled iPad. But enter so much times of wrong password, you can try again may be after 40 years or longer, that's so terrible.
Part 1: Why is My iPad Disabled
“I enter the password into the iPad, but all is wrong, and at last, iPad is disabled appears on the iPad screen. My iPad is disabled, why is my iPad disabled?”
My friend, because of the wrong password, after many times of entering the wrong iPad screen passcode, the iPad is disabled then. It's one protection for iPad, prevent iPad from being stolen and unlocking iPad by guessing the iPad screen password. After several essays, the iPad will be locked, and after certain minutes, you can try 3 times again, gain more time for iPad owner.

But if you are the owner of the iPad, the iPad is disabled message appears also after several times of entering wrong screen passcode, forgot iPad passcode, what to do when iPad is disabled? Tips from the second part.
Part 2: What to Do When iPad is Disabled
If iPad is disabled message appears on iPad, get the solution from the tips below to fix disabled iPad, the free tip is iCloud, but we should have the Apple ID and Apple ID password; another free method is recovery mode, but iPad will get into activation lock if find my iPad feather was enabled before, you need the Apple ID and Apple ID password to bypass activation lock on iPad; without iPad screen password, without Apple ID and Apple ID password, turn to EelPhone DelPassCode, which can fix disabled iPad in the most effective method.
Method 1: How to Fix Disabled iPad via EelPhone DelPassCode-Effective
iPad is disabled, another effective method to fix disabled iPad is EelPhone DelPassCode, which will enable disabled iPad without password in clicks.
Step 1: Free download the EelPhone DelPassCode on computer, and launch the tool after the installation. From all feathers, click on Unlock Screen Password.

Step 2: Click on Start to fix disabled iPad, from the warning, we should know before fixing disabled iPad: all data on iPad will be erased and the ios version will be updated to the latest version after the process. Keep connection during the whole process, disconnect the iPad will make it fails to fix disabled iPad.

Step 3: Once disabled iPad connected to the tool, the tool will download the iPSW package according to the iOS version. Copy the iPSW package if can't download, or Select from computer if already downloaded iPSW on computer.

Step 4: When downloaded iPSW, EelPhone will unpack iPSW package automatically.

Step 5: Unlock Now after extraction completed, what you should do is keeping connect between disabled iPad and computer.

After a few minutes, EelPhone DelPassCode fixed disabled iPad, restore from backup, and set up iPad one more time.

Method 2: How to Open Disabled iPad With The Help of iCloud-Free
iPad mini disabled, you can't connect the disabled iPad to itunes to restore disabled iPad, but you can use the iCloud to fix disabled iPad, with Apple ID and Apple ID password, you can enable a disabled iPad.
Step 1: Sign in iCloud.com on computer or another iDevice, enter the Apple ID and Apple ID password of disabled iPad.
Step 2: On the home page of iCloud, click on find my iphone feathers, all iDevice associated to the same Apple ID and Apple ID password, click on the disabled iPad.
Step 3: On disabled iPad, click on Erase feather to unlock disabled iPad.

Note: all data in iPad will be erased and all settings on iPad will be erased also, you should set up iPad, and restore from the backup file if backed up iPad before disabled. It's the free and the quickest method to fix disabled iPad, and it's also the first method you should consider.
Method 3: How to Enable a Disabled iPad via Force Factory Reset- Not Recommended
For so old iOS version, stolen iPad can be unlocked by force factory reset, without screen password, without Apple ID and Apple ID password, fix disabled iPad for free, but with the appearance of iCloud, force factory reset is dangerous, iPad will get into activation lock after force factory reset if find my iPad feather was enabled before iPad is disabled.
Step 1: You need one computer, and disconnect iPad to computer, power off the disabled iPad.
Step 2: iPad with Face ID: now connect iPad to computer while press and hold on Top button in iPad, and release the Top button until recovery mode screen appears.
iPad with Home button: Connect the disabled iPad to computer while press and hold on Home button, and release the Home button until the recovery mode screen appears on iPad.
Step 3: Recovery mode screen appears on iPad, locate iPad on computer iTunes or Finder, download and install iTunes or Finder on computer if you didn't install on computer. You can see one Restore or Update window on computer, click on Restore to unlock disabled iPad.

All data and settings on iPad will be erased also after a force factory reset, and you'll get into activation lock if Find My iPhone feahter was enabled.
Alex Scott
This article was updated on 30 December, 2021

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