Facing this situation with an iPhone instead of an iPad?

We’ve gotinstructions on how to fix an iPhone when you’ve forgotten the passcode.

Sometimes, the screen will show that your iPad is disabled.

iPad with Disabled message

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Apple disables your iPad because the passcode is a security measure.

Temporarily disabling the iPad stops that.

Hopefully, you have a recent backup of your data and can restore that onto your iPad.

Recovery Mode instructions for iPad with Home button

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you could alsoerase your iPad and restore it using iCloud.

Turn off your iPad.

It erases your iPad and restores it to factory parameters.

Recovery Mode instructions for iPad with Face ID

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Click any onscreen pop-ups to proceed.

When your iPad is erased, you’ll go throughthe standard set-up steps.

Learn much an iPad from backup.

Screenshot of restoring an iPad on the Mac