How to Reset iPhone

You need to reset an iPhone. This guide will show you how to reset an iPhone, any iPhone in about 10 minutes. You will learn how to reset an iPhone using iTunes or how to reset an iPhone without iTunes so that you can solve your problem and return to using your iPhone.

There are many reasons for factory resetting an iPhone, including major battery life issues, apps that shouldn’t be closed, and slow performance. If you’re planning to sell or donate an iPhone, you’ll want to make sure you factory reset it before you get your hands on it. Even jailbreaking is a reason to factory reset an iPhone to make sure nothing goes wrong.

Even if you don’t know what you’re doing and consider yourself a new iPhone user, it’s a simple task you can do in about five minutes.

How to Reset iPhone

This will completely remove all content from your iPhone, so be sure to back up your photos and other important content. When you’re done, you can restore from a backup. There is no way to undo an iPhone factory reset and you should not stop it in the middle of the reset. Once this is done, all your photos, apps, videos, emails, contacts and other personal information will be gone.

This is our quick guide to resetting an iPhone. You can use it with any iPhone or iPad. If enabled, you need to know the iTunes passcode and iPhone Passcode lock.

How to Reset an iPhone without iTunes

Use this guide to reset an iPhone without iTunes or a computer. If you’ve backed up to iCloud, this is the easiest option to use. It’s also useful if you reset an iPhone while traveling, hand it in for repair at an Apple Store, or forget to wipe an iPhone before you talk to someone to sell it. If you’re buying an iPhone from someone, this is also a good first step to take as they will make sure the phone is no longer linked to someone else’s account.

Watch the video below to reset an iPhone. The steps take less than two minutes, but the process takes 5-10 minutes to complete.

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Go from this screen.

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If prompted to turn off Find My iPhone and prepare to reset iPhone.

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The iPhone will go to a blank screen with the Apple logo and when it restarts you will see the iPhone setup screen. From here you can setup a new iPhone as Restore from iCloud Backup or Restore from iTunes Backup.

How to Reset an iPhone in iTunes

When you need to create a local backup, you may want to reset an iPhone in iTunes on a Mac or PC. The screen looks a little different depending on whether you’re using a PC or Mac, but it’s almost the same.

Click iPhone in iTunes.

Plug the iPhone into your computer with a USB cable and wait for it to appear in iTunes.

Create a manual restore on the computer.

You can pull up the iPhone settings. On this screen, you will see an option to back up to the computer.

You will see an option at the top of this screen. This is the iTunes button to factory reset iPhone. .

Click Restore iPhone to reset an iPhone in iTunes.

After clicking restore, you may need to enter a Passcode and iTunes passcode and turn off Find My iPhone on the iPhone itself. If you need to do this, go to

Once this is done, the iPhone will reset in about five minutes, maybe longer. When this is done, Hello will be displayed on the screen and it will show options to set as new or restore from a backup.