Can I get an iphone purchase receipt from a deleted ICloud account?

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Can I get an iphone purchase receipt from a deleted ICloud account?

I have an iPhone 5 that I got from a relative, and I factory reset it. I need to get past the activation lock now; however, the account it was locked in with has long been deleted, as I heard from the owner. I previously attempted to send an activation lock removal request, but they noticed I didn't have the receipts of the purchase for it. I heard on Google that only the IMEI might be needed, but I'm trying to figure out what specific options to file support under, and is this really possible?

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Posted on Oct 13, 2025 12:02 PM

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LD150

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Oct 13, 2025 3:35 PM in response to cheezymeteor

No you cannot. If you could then using the receipt as proof of purchase would be counter intuitive, and it wasnt yours, this relative could actually be a victim of your crime

The relative needs to remove if from their Apple account.

They would need to recover their password from Apple, you cannot.

And iPhone 5 is obsolete except as a rather small ipod, I wouldn't bother.

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