How to reset your iPhone without your passcode

• To reset your iPhone and erase all data, tap Erase All Content and Settings in the Settings app.
• Before restoring your iPhone, make sure you’ve backed up to iCloud and signed out of your Apple ID.
• After restoring your iPhone, you can restore it with your backup to recover data.

If you’re experiencing problems with your iPhone, such as freezing or malfunctioning, resetting the device to factory settings may solve the problem. Alternatively, if you’re selling or giving away your iPhone, you’ll want to reset it so that all of your personal information is erased from the device.

Resetting your iPhone to its factory settings will return it to the basics: no contacts, playlists, pictures, password memory, or anything else you’ve added since the day you bought it.

However, before starting the process of restoring your iPhone, it is important to back up all your data so that you don’t lose your important information. After your iPhone is reset, you can then restore it with your backup.

Here’s how to factory reset your iPhone with or without a passcode and make sure your data is backed up.

How to reset your iPhone

When you factory reset an iPhone, it’s important to back up your data and sign out of your Apple ID before wiping it.

Back up your iPhone to iCloud

First, back up your iPhone to iCloud so you don’t lose any unsaved data.

1. Open the Settings app and tap your name and Apple ID at the top of the page.

2. On your Apple ID page, tap iCloud.

3. Tap iCloud Backup.

4. Press the toggle for Back up this iPhone to enable it – it will have a green background when enabled.

5. Puncture Backup now to instantly back up all your information to iCloud.

Sign out of your Apple ID

It’s important to sign out of your Apple ID if you want to get rid of your phone so no one else can access your account.

1. Open the Settings app on your iPhone and tap your name and Apple ID at the top of the screen.

2. At the bottom of this page, tap Log out.

3. You may be asked to enter your password. If yes, enter your password and then tap Turn off in the top right corner – this will disable Find.

4. Puncture Log out in the upper right corner.

5. Confirm your decision by pressing Log out back to the prompt.

Factory reset your iPhone

Before you factory reset your iPhone, be sure to back up your iPhone first so you can restore your data later.

1. Open the Settings app, scroll down and tap General.

2. At the bottom of it General page, press iPhone transfer and restore.

3. To factory reset your iPhone, tap Delete all content and settings.

4. Puncture To continue to confirm that you want to erase iPhone.

5. On the next screen, enter your password.

6. Your iPhone will then create an iCloud backup. If you have already created a backup, tap Skipping backups at the bottom.

7. Enter your Apple ID password, then tap Turn off in the top right corner – this will disable Find & Activation Lock.

8. Finally, tap Erase iPhone to delete all content and settings. This may take a few minutes, depending on how much you have stored on your iPhone, but once the deletion is complete, your device will reboot as new.

How to restore your iPhone without your passcode using iTunes

As you can see from the previous instructions, you will need to enter your passcode when resetting your iPhone.

If you have forgotten, however, you can bypass this problem by using iTunes. Here’s how.

1. Connect your iPhone to a computer with iTunes.

2. Open iTunes, then click the phone icon in the upper-left corner of the window.

3. click Summary in the left menu.

4. click Reset the iPhone.

5. iTunes will ask if you want to back up your iPhone settings before restoring the phone. Depending on what you want to do, click on one of the two Backup the Do not back up.

6. click Restore and update to confirm your decision.

iTunes will erase your iPhone and then install the latest version of iOS.