Select Erase All Content and Settings to reset device. Select General, then select Transfer or Reset iPad.Ĥ. Learn more from the Apple support articles Back up your iPad and Erase all content and settings on your iPad.Ģ. Wi-Fi or a wireless data connection is required to re-activate iPad after a reset. If you have backed up your device to iTunes or iCloud, you may be able to restore personal data back to iPad, if desired. After iPad reboots, it will display the "Connect to iTunes" screen. iPads will instantly and securely erase all data, and then restore settings to their factory defaults. Note: iPad cannot be used while data is being erased.
From the home screen select the Settings app. This will reset all settings to their defaults and erase all data stored on iPhone, including your contacts, messages, and music.ġ. If you are still having issues with your device, you may need to do a Factory data reset (Master reset). From the home screen, select the Settings app > General > Transfer or Reset iPad > Reset > Reset Network Settings > select Reset to confirm. This will delete all network settings, returning them to factory defaults. If you are having connectivity issues, you can try resetting your network settings. Press and quickly release the Volume up button > press and quickly release the Volume down button > press and hold the Top button until you see the Apple logo. If a power cycle/restart does not resolve your issue, perform a soft reset. Simultaneously press and hold the Top button and the Volume up or down button until the slider appears, then select and drag the Power icon to the right. The first step is to power cycle/restart your device. It’s important to regularly connect your iPad to iTunes, as doing so will allow iTunes to create a backup of your data, which WILL be lost if you do not have a backup and need to do a hard reset on your iPad.There are multiple ways to reset your device if you are experiencing issues. If you have never connected the iPad to iTunes before, it will force the download.
If you choose to do so, it will take a few minutes to download that before beginning the restore process. If you have not updated in quite some time, iTunes will ask if you want to download the latest iOS update. iTunes will proceed to apply default factory settings to your iPad.
Click on OK to continue with the restore process.ĥ. iTunes will notify you that you are now in Recovery mode. Look in iTunes and see if your device has shows up.Ĥ. Once you see the Apple Logo appears, release the Sleep/Wake button and continue to hold down the home button for about 5-10 seconds. Press and hold the Sleep/Wake + Home for 10 seconds. Plug the iPad into the computer via the USB cable that came with it, and start iTunes.Ģ. That said, if you have been synchronizing your iPad with iTunes on a regular basis, it will keep a backup of your iPad settings and data, which iTunes will restore once it has erased all data on the iPad.ġ. After completion, your iPad will operate as though you just took it out of the box for the first time, unless you restore from a backup stored in iTunes. This process WILL erase ALL of the data on the iPad, including an documents, photos, or email. A hard reset should only be necessary on rare occasions, when all other attempts to resolve an issue have failed.