How to: Securely Erase an iPhone Before You Sell It

How to: Securely Erase an iPhone Before You Sell It
THE TEN STEP PROCESS

1- PLUG PHONE INTO POWER & BACKUP INFORMATION
2- SIGN OUT OF iCLOUD & OTHER SYSTEM SERVICES
3- ERASE & RESET PHONE TO FACULTY DEFAULT SETTINGS
4- SETUP PHONE TO GAIN ACCESS TO APP STORE
5- DOWNLOAD FREE APP “WICKR”
6- RUN “WICKR” SECURE FILE SHREDDER
7- ERASE & RESET PHONE TO FACULTY DEFAULT SETTINGS
8- REMOVE SIM CARD AND MICRO SD
9- DON’T GET SCAMMED
10 - SHARE THIS WITH A FRIEND

[MPam]

Your video has helped to alleviate some of the anxiety I've been feeling at the idea of placing my phone in the hands of a complete stranger. (Actually, I think I'm going to trade it in to upgrade). In any event, your concise and thorough instructions, along with a visual demo have made feel I "can do" this! Thank you ever so much!!

[darkpathogen]

Wickr apps not available in 2018.. still hve another option? Please..show me.

[MarcusAurelius]

Very useful content. Thanks for posting it up.

[patstevens]

You made this process truly painless. Many thanks!

[motivationgroupproject]

Thank you very much for your sharing. I was panic before how to erase all the personal information and now is solved. just wanna say thank you from Hong Kong.

[sandramckeon]

Great help plain and clear instructions Brill

[RightToSelfDefense]

Very good video Professor Wandt. I had no idea there is residual data on an iOS device after you perform a so-called factory wipe. iPad, iPhone, & iPod.

[반딧불-hc]

Hi Professor Wandt, that was a great demonstration as to how to erase personal information on iPhone.  After I watched this video segment, I got a little uncertain about how to sell my iPhone 4s. I have iPhone 6 plus and transferred all my personal data from iPhone 4s.  I am just wondering if I erase all the data following your instructions on iPhone 4s then does that have any affect on iPhone 6 plus?  Thank you for the guidance,
Younghee

[iamreborn]

FANTANSTIC VIDEO!!!! Clear and concise!

[aramisjamais]

Excellent tutorial. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[ixjkfsn]

What if I didn’t logout of iCloud before erasing all content and settings?

[C]

so when you've already set up your replacement iphone, will you risk causing problems by logging in and deleting acounts etc??

[neolithic]

Thanks very much for the comprehensive and thorough tutorial.

[sunnypark]

Cool video. Thx! iPhone Data Eraser Software is needed when we want to erase an iPhone before selling it.

[SAM-qbmo]

Hi Prof. Adam
If I did not sign out of both icloud and itunes before I did the following steps up to sherdding my files. Would this be okay or I have to do it all over again?

[evanofelipe]

Thanks for a great 'step by step' guide. I just followed it to the letter and found it very straight forward in practice. Incidentally WICKR ME is now the new version and currently available, as is the Secure shredder element found under settings. Thank you

[delvallejld]

Thank you. This was extremely helpful. I was only going to erase the content. I would not have remembered to sign out of iCloud and iTunes.

[janiamania]

What to do wickr isn't available anymore

[robcj]

Thanks! Instructions very well spoken. Wickr is still available on Iphone for those that said "it is not available"

[emmanuelcontreras]

Does this include destructing erased vídeos and pictures? Or its Just a Message destructor app? Tnx For de video