If you wish to sell your iPhone, want to improve its performance, or find your iPhone infected, then you can easily reset your iPhone to its factory mode in this step-by-step guide here below!
But factory reset of your iPhone will remove all your iPhone apps, files, and valuable data and turn it into what it was when you bought it, hence before starting the iPhone factory reset, always back up your iPhone, so that all your data is safe and can be restored. You easily backup your iPhone on iCloud as follows:
- Open your iPhone Settings app and tap on your name
- Then choose iCloud and under iCloud Backup, tap on Back up now
- You can also back up your iPhone to your PC on iTunes directly with a click on the backup button.
Now, that your iPhone is ready for a factory reset, you can easily reset your iPhone to factory mode on both your iPhone and computer in just a few minutes below:
Factory reset from iPhone itself:--
- Go to your iPhone Settings app.
- Select the General tab from the settings list.
- Scroll down, locate and select the Reset tab,
- Then tap on Reset All content and settings bar.
- A warning box will pop up showing Erase iPhone in red color.
- Just tap on Erase iPhone and confirm by typing your Apple ID password. (password)
- After 5 minutes your initial screen set up will appear.
Factory reset from recovery mode on PC
- Connect your iPhone to your laptop via USB cable
- Now, push and hold the volume and power button together until the Apple logo appears
- Once, the iPhone is in recovery mode, the "Connect to iTunes" screen will appear.
- Thereafter, click on the Restore iPhone button and your iPhone will reset to factory mode.