How do I get around password?

My ipad was upgraded and password wont let me pass to get to settings to disable password. Can't even get pass signin screen.

If you set a passcode to lock the iPad, you can't get around entering it. What good what having the passcode be if you could workaround it?
If you bought the iPad from someone else and it is asking for their password, you will have to ask them to erase the device for you before you will be able to activate it. If they can't erase it, for whatever reason, you have a bricked iPad on your hands that you will never be able to use.
If I am not understanding you correctly and you just need to unlock the device because you forgot your own passcode, you need to restore the device using one of the methods here.
iOS: Forgot passcode or device disabled - Apple Support

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