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Cannot recover Apple Account due to inaccessible 2FA trusted number

Hello,


I’m trying to recover an old Apple Account that I have used for many years and which contains important personal data.


I know the account email and password, and the password is accepted successfully. However, two-factor authentication is linked to a phone number that I no longer have access to.


The trusted number shown by Apple ends in 71, which matches the old number I remember. However, when I try to start Account Recovery through iForgot, Apple asks me to confirm the full trusted number and then says that the number is incorrect. I have tried both the local and international format.


How can I start Account Recovery in this situation?


Thank you.

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