How to enable Advanced Data Protection in iCloud on an iPhone or iPad - XDA Developers

Apple's Advanced Data Protection successful iCloud end-to-end encrypts 23 information types. Here's however to alteration this feature.

With the merchandise of iOS 16.2, Apple introduced a useful caller diagnostic that further protects users' online data. Advanced Data Protection successful iCloud end-to-end (E2E) encrypts 23 information types successful the cloud, an summation from conscionable 14. When a idiosyncratic enables this optional feature, information types similar photos, notes, and instrumentality backups person the E2E treatment, making it harder for unauthorized radical to entree this data.

Notably, though, if you get locked retired of your Apple ID, the institution can't assistance you retrieve these information types if you've enabled the feature. That's due to the fact that not adjacent Apple volition person the keys to decrypt your stored data. As a result, the institution forces users to acceptable up an alternate Account Recovery method earlier enabling Advanced Data Protection successful iCloud. Here's however to alteration this diagnostic connected an iPhone oregon iPad.

How to alteration Advanced Data Protection connected iOS oregon iPadOS

1. Ensure you're moving iOS/iPadOS 16.2 oregon aboriginal connected your iPhone oregon iPad.

2. Launch the Settings app.
3. Click connected the banner displaying your sanction astatine the precise top.
4. Tap the iCloud section.
5. Scroll down and click connected Advanced Data Protection.
6. Tap Turn On Advanced Data Protection aft adding a Recovery Contact oregon Recovery Key done the Account Recovery paper astatine the bottom. You tin likewise crook the diagnostic disconnected if you alteration your caput for immoderate reason.

By default, iCloud E2E encrypts 14 information types. When enabling this feature, the fig of affected categories increases to 23. Though, Apple mentions that this diagnostic doesn't encrypt iCloud Mail, Contacts, and Calendar due to the fact that it needs to incorporated them into their respective planetary systems. That's successful summation to information shared with different users, similar iWork Collaboration and Shared Albums. The institution seemingly doesn't see a afloat database of the encrypted information types, but isolated from the aforementioned categories, we tin presume that astir (if not all) different main types are affected by the caller E2E encryption.

If you suffer entree to your Apple ID, the Recovery Contact(s) you've acceptable tin assistance you summation entree back. Alternatively, you tin opt for a Recovery Key. Keep successful mind, though, that if you suffer entree to each of your acceptable betterment methods, you won't beryllium capable to retrieve your iCloud data.