Reviving An Old Ipad Mini

[Questman]

I have inherited a five year old iPad mini where the original owner has forgotten their password. I would like to get it working if possible.
Does any member have suggestions as to my options?

[Redhelen72]

They can reset the password quite easily as long as they still have the email the password was set up with

[JimF]

Start here:

https://www.easeus.com/iphone-unlocker/how-to-unlock-ipad-without-passcode.html

[Questman]

Tried a few of the kindly suggested solutions but it's still firmly locked and disabled.

[JimF]

Is there anything on it that you need?

[Questman]

JimF,
Sorry for the delay in answering.
No there is nothing on the iPad other than some email addresses.
However I want to set it up for my wife to use.

[JimF]

OK, so just do a factory reset and you'll have a working device again.

[ask100]

Kindly remind me how I do a factory reset.

[Questman]

Sorry that is a colleague answering for me.
I forgot how to make a factory reset for this iPad mini.

[barry1010]

Does this work?
https://smallbusiness.chron.com/wipe-ipad-factory-settings-passcode-55572.html

[calmck]

You can also try Apple help. They guided me through this but it took a while as you need the original Apple ID to get into the device

[Questman]

Thanks everyone who made suggestions.
Now I'm stuck with Activation Lock.
Any one know how I get passed this?

[barry1010]

Only the original owner or Apple can do that, Questman
https://www.lifewire.com/remove-icloud-activation-lock-from-ipad-4586831