How do i back up my iPhone to iTunes without having to type in the password on my phone?

Basically i have a broken iPhone screen and the touch doesn't work, Therefore i cannot put in the password on my phone to allow iTunes to back it up on my Mac OR my Windows laptop so i don't loose everything on there, Is there a way to bypass this so i can back it up without having to type the password?

I have done this but it says for me to back up my iPhone I have to type the password in on my actual phone to unlock it to the homepage, I can't do that as the touch on my screen has broken, I just want to know if there is anyway I can skip that step so I can just back it up as a normal unprotected password phone.

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