Many mobile phone apps like Telegram, Facebook, WhatsApp, Messenger, and various downloads clog the memory of our smartphones day after day. All mobile devices are affected, even iPhone 13 Pro. The manufacturers don’t care if you spent hundreds or thousands of dollars for buying a new mobile phone. Eventually, the mobile phone slows down dramatically, making your life hell. So here we are going to explain how to hard reset iPhone 13 Pro. In this way, you will go to restore your device to the factory settings, as if you had just removed it new from the box when you bought it.
How to Hard Reset iPhone 13 Pro
To format iPhone 13 Pro you simply have to follow the steps that we will explain below. Be careful though, because if you do this you will lose all your data, including applications, photos and SMS. So, before proceeding, we strongly recommend that you make a backup of the iPhone 13 Pro.
How to Hard Reset iPhone 13 Pro from Settings
There are two ways to reset iPhone 13 Pro. The first method is directly from the settings menu, the second method is through the use of iTunes and the third, and last, through the DFU mode.
Follow the method given below to reset your iPhone 13 Pro from Settings:
- Turn on the iPhone 13 Pro
- From the Home menu, look for and touch on the Settings icon to open it.
- Select General > Reset > Erase Content and Settings > Erase Now.
- Enter the Apple ID password and complete the operation.
- At this point, the device will start performing the reset operations.
- The phone will restart and you can enjoy your new smartphone once again.
How to Hard Reset iPhone 13 Pro from iTunes
- Turn on the iPhone 13 Pro smartphone.
- From the Home, look for and tap on the Settings icon to open it.
- On your computer, download iTunes from this link and install it on your PC.
- Enter the Apple ID password and complete the operation.
- Now connect the smartphone to the PC via data cable and open iTunes.
- If requested, it authorizes the connection between the two devices.
- From iTunes click on the icon at the top left that depicts a phone.
- Using the side menu, access the Summary section.
- Now click on Restore iPhone > Restore > Accept terms of use.
- At this point, the device will start performing the reset operations.
- The phone will reboot and you can enjoy your new smartphone once again.
It is important to mention here that for the entire duration of the reset procedure it is necessary to have an Internet connection since the most recent iOS version will be downloaded during the restoration phase.
How to Hard Reset iPhone 13 Pro in DFU mode
The DFU mode or recovery mode allows you to delete everything contained in the memory of the iPhone 13 Pro device, eliminating some of the restrictions compared to the two aforementioned strategies explained above.
You can eventually follow the steps in the guide on how to put iPhone 13 Pro in DFU, to initialize and restore the smartphone to factory settings.
As explained in the previous point, recovery in DFU mode also requires an internet connection, this is because once the device is formatted, iTunes will download iOS and install it on your smartphone.
That is all you need to know on how to reset your iPhone 13 Pro smartphone. Also, check out our other iPhone Guides to pre-order iPhone 13 series smartphone, or any other queries related to the Apple device.
