How To Factory Reset An iPhone [2023]

David & David show you how to factory reset an iPhone. While you can Erase All Content & Settings at any time, this doesn't completely erase your iPhone, and you'll lose all your data if it's not backed up. There are also some additional steps if you plan to sell, trade-in, or give away your iPhone.

We'll walk you through the entire iPhone factory reset process step-by-step. By the end, it'll be as if you were taking your iPhone out of the box for the very first time!

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0. Intro [0:00]
1. Unpair Your Apple Watch [0:20]
2. Back Up Your iPhone [0:50]
3. Cancel Your AppleCare+ Plan [1:46]
4. Sign Out of iCloud [2:23]
5. Deregister iMessage [2:34]
6. Erase All Content & Settings [3:12]
7. Restore Your iPhone [3:27]

The first thing to do when factory resetting an iPhone is to unpair your Apple Watch. This erases all content and settings on the Apple Watch and removes Activation Lock. Your iPhone saves a backup of your Apple Watch before it unpairs.

Next, back up your iPhone. This saves a copy of all of your information so you don't lose it when you perform the factory reset.

If you have an AppleCare plan and intend to sell, trade-in, or giveaway your iPhone, cancel your plan. Unfortunately, if you paid for your entire plan upfront, you need to contact Apple support, and there's no guarantee you'll get a refund. Then, log out of iCloud on your iPhone.

Now, you're finally ready to factory reset your iPhone! The easiest way to do it is within the Settings app of your iPhone. However, you can also factory restore your iPhone using a computer, just keep in mind you'll have to turn off Find My iPhone if you do.

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[PayetteForward]

If this video helped you, be sure to share it with your friends! Thanks for watching!

[IvanGarcia-cxjm]

It's hard to get rid of an iPhone! Thank you for the video. I am glad I am moving to android.

[ejcsds]

I may have to do this after installing 16.3 on my iPhone, all my iCloud stuff is fubar. I have been working with Apple and they logged in again and ran some reports for engineers. I get a call back today with their findings! Im not a happy camper that it appears 16.3 messed up my phone. At least they are interested and working with me!

[skyrun]

You should change the title how to properly factory reset an iPhone (2023)

[Tammy-xm]

How do you remove any malware that has been embedded in the phone

[leam]

it happened to reset, , but the apple ID is still there, , my question is how to remove the apple ID even if you don't know your password, , cell phone number and passcode, , how to do it?

[kheicee]

hello, i just wanna ask. ive been having “sim failure” or “no sim” notification ever since i updated to 16.2 and 16.3. am i the only one experiencing this? im not sure if its my sim or has something to do with the recent updates :(

[deborahcarr]

Do you have instructions for resetting an iPad?

[mattdenasa]

If I use “esim”, after the device is factory reset, can I still use “esim” with my iPhone?

[TJF]

I had to do this a couple of months ago, and I wish I could have watched this video first. I finally figured it out, but I think I lost some stuff. Now I know how to do it correctly, Thanks.

[robertheron]

I just had to borrow my nieces iPhone 8 and I will say this. I will never get an iPhone. I mean you have to put in your bank account details just to finish your iTunes account. Otherwise you can't download any apps. I mean this is so stupid. I've never had an iPhone so I found this very bizarre. Only Apple.

[mehulpanchal]

Thanks brother to give information. Both guy sound are superb particularly David sound likes me. David voice are touching my heart. Welcome 🙏 to India brother.

[jennawaddingham]

I can do that once I have my photos developed. 🙏

[tusharsingh]

Great Video tutorial!!! Thanks Guys :)

[spencermachen]

Thanks for all y’all do, I really appreciate it, keep up the great work!🎉🎉

[AndreatheDoria]

Is there a way to restore to your phone’s original IOS, with the factory reset? I’ve an old app that doesn’t work with the current iOS it’s an iPhone 7plus and I’m just keeping hoping I can run this app. Any suggestions?

[Tammy-xm]

How do you remove any malware that been embedded in the phone?

[JuGuan]

Thank you, very helpful tips. Do you have instructions how to transfer datas over a new iCloud ID? Planning to change my iCloud ID, but not sure how to copy all the saved data’s like saved passwords….

[originalmixer]

A question. If I have a new phone that I’ve been using for about a year and want to give someone my old phone. I wanna factory reset my old phone if I do that do I mess up anything on my new phone aka the one I’ve been using?

[eds]

If you guys haven’t done one can you do a video to fix apple podcast. Many users experience the sync library and continuous playback buttons being randomly turned back on. Thanks in advance, great videos as always.