Feb 11, 2025
Reset iPhone 7 to factory settings directly from your phone
- Go to your iPhone 7 Settings
- Scroll down and tap General
- Scroll all the way down and tap Reset
- You’ll see a few options. You want to tap Erase All Content and Settings
- Tap on Erase iPhone and tap Erase iPhone again (this is a security measure)
- Enter your Apple ID — another security measure
- Tap Erase
- The phone will reboot and bring you to the initial setup screen
Reset iPhone 7 to factory settings using iTunes on your computer
- Connect your iPhone 7 to your computer and launch iTunes
- Allow iTunes to detect your iPhone 7. Once detected, click on the iPhone button
- Under the Summary tab, click Restore iPhone
- iTunes will now ask you to back up your iPhone 7. If this is something you haven’t done yet — this is a good time to do so
- When you’re ready, click Restore and your iPhone 7 will be restored to its factory settings
Hard reset of iPhone 7 if you don’t know passcode or if it’s disabled
- You’ll need the computer with iTunes and access to the internet
- Connect iPhone 7 to computer
- Start holding the Side button and the Volume down button together for around ten seconds until you see the recovery mode screen. Thereafter, you can release buttons
- There is a pop-up window in iTunes asking if you want to restore or update your iPhone. Choose button Restore
- Confirm that you want to restore iPhone to its factory settings by clicking Restore and Update
- Wait until process of restoring is completed
