If your iPad can’t be unlocked, the following article will guide you on what to do to unlock it. The reasons by which your iPad may be locked are several. The most common reason for a locked iPad is entering the wrong password too many times. To regain access to your iPad, you will need to go to the recovery mode and then restore your device to factory settings. Unfortunately, this process loses all stored data on the iPad. If you have a backup of your data, you will be able to restore it after erasing your iPad.