How do I stop encrypting my iPhone backups if I've forgotten my backup password?

How do I stop encrypting my iPhone backups if I've forgotten my backup password?
I've just been bitten by my backup being TOTALLY USELESS because I've forgotten my password, so ALL FUTURE backups are USELESS because I don't know the password and I can't STOP encrypting because I don't know my password.
HOPELESSLY POORLY THOUGHT OUT SYSTEM.
VERY UN-APPLE
Not happy

Hello Robot-the-Cat,
I can understand that frustration of not being able to access your back up because of a forgotten password. Take a look at the article below for some suggestions to try to get the password unlocked. It will give some suggestions of past password ideas as well as if you are using a Mac, you can recover the password using Keychain Access.
iOS: Troubleshooting encrypted backups
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203790
Regards,
-Norm G.

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After reviewing your post, it sounds like the other possible passwords listed in the previous article did not work. I would recommend that you read this article.
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