Purchased a used ipad. Don't know apple ID of the previous owner.

I just purchased an iPad from someone. I don't know the Apple ID of the previous owner and I cannot contact him. Is there any way that I can remove the previous account that was used to setup the iPad?

moreintel wrote:
I powered it on, and it just asks for the language and country, then I connect it to WiFi, but it asks for the username and password of the Apple ID that was used to set it up. I can't see anything like "Find my iPad".
It's locked, you can not use it unless you unlock it. That requires the ID and password that was used to lock it.

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