{"id":35,"date":"2014-01-06T03:49:17","date_gmt":"2014-01-06T03:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iphonebackup-extractor.com\/articles\/?p=35"},"modified":"2018-05-11T12:10:41","modified_gmt":"2018-05-11T12:10:41","slug":"how-to-erase-iphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iphonebackup-extractor.com\/articles\/how-to-erase-iphone\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Erase iPhone \u2013 Erase Everything on iPhone Securely and Completely"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you want to sell, give away or release your used iPhone to others, the first thing you should do is to erase everything on iPhone completely to keep your personal information safe. When you buy a second-hand iPhone, you may need to erase all the content and settings on the iPhone before using it to avoid unnecessary troubles. If you have deleted some private data on your iPhone, you must want them to disappear permanently to prevent your secrets being revealed.<\/p>\n

Apple have considered these situations and erasing iPhone is rather easy. In this tutorial, 5 ways to erase iPhone will be introduced:
\n1. Erase iPhone directly with your iPhone (FREE)<\/a>
\n2. Erase iPhone using iTunes with iPhone connected (FREE)<\/a>
\n3. Erase iPhone remotely with iCloud if your iPhone is lost or stolen (FREE)<\/a>
\n4. Erase iPhone data completely and securely with SafeEraser<\/a>
\n5. Erase deleted data on iPhone completely using SafeEraser<\/a>
\n<\/a><\/p>\n

Method 1: Erase iPhone directly with your iPhone (FREE)<\/h2>\n

1. Make sure that you have backed up your iPhone with iTunes or iCloud, and the backups are up to date if you need to restore the iPhone later;
\n2. Tap \u201cSettings\u201d > \u201cGeneral\u201d > \u201cReset\u201d > \u201cErase all Content and Settings\u201d on your iPhone.
\n<\/a><\/p>\n

Method 2: Erase iPhone using iTunes with iPhone connected (FREE)<\/h2>\n

1. Disable \u201cFind My iPhone\u201d in \u201cSettings\u201d > \u201ciCloud\u201d if you have turned it on;
\n2. Connect your iPhone to your computer and launch iTunes;
\n3. Select the iPhone when it is found by iTunes;
\n4. In the \u201cSummary\u201d tab, backup your iPhone with either iTunes or iCloud using the \u201cBackup Now\u201d button if you want to restore the iPhone again;
\n5. When the backup is finished. Click the \u201cRestore iPhone\u2026\u201d button in the same panel and then hit \u201cRestore\u201d in the pop-up to erase all the content and settings on your iPhone.
\n<\/a><\/p>\n

Method 3: Erase iPhone remotely with iCloud if your iPhone is lost or stolen (FREE)<\/h2>\n

You are able to erase iPhone only if you had enabled \u201cFind My iPhone\u201d before it was lost;
\n1. Log in to https:\/\/www.icloud.com\/#find<\/a> with your Apple ID, then click \u201cFind My iPhone\u201d;
\n2. Click \u201cAll Devices\u201d and choose the iPhone you want to erase after it is located;
\n3. In the iPhone\u2019s Info window, click \u201cErase iPhone\u201d;
\n4. Click \u201cErase\u201d in the pop-up window;
\n5. Enter your Apple ID password;
\n6. Click \u201cNext\u201d and all the content and settings on your iPhone will be erased.<\/p>\n

If your iPhone is running iOS 7 or later, you are allowed to input a phone number and a message to display on the iPhone after it\u2019s erased.<\/p>\n

The remote erase of your iPhone will start immediately if it\u2019s online; if it is office currently, the iPhone remote erase will start the next time it\u2019s online.<\/p>\n

Note: After easing an iPhone, you cannot use \u201cFind My iPhone\u201d to locate it any more. So, it\u2019s recommended to locate it or play a sound on it before you decide to erase it remotely.<\/p>\n

All the 3 above methods provided by Apple are not 100% safe since iPhone “Restore” does not delete personal data<\/a> and there are so many iPhone data recovery<\/a> tools available. If you want to erase your iPhone securely and completely, download the professional iPhone eraser SafeEraser.<\/p>\n

\"Free<\/a> \"Free<\/a><\/p>\n

SafeEraser is an easy-to-use but professional iPhone erase tool to erase all data (all the content and settings), only deleted data or just private data (Safari history, cookies, input history, search history and so on) on iPhone and overwrite the data with junk files using US Military specification over-writing technology to ensure the erased data is not recoverable. In addition, it also enables you to clean up iPhone data (such as log files, cached files, temp files and junk files) to free the storage space on your iPhone.
\n<\/a><\/p>\n

Method 4: Erase iPhone data completely and securely with SafeEraser<\/h2>\n

With this method, you can erase all the content and settings on your iPhone 4, iPhone 4S iPhone 5, iPhone 5s, iPhone 5c, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPod touch 4\/5\/6 and all iPad generations and restore the device to factory settings no matter whether the device is jailbroken or not, carrier-locked or not.<\/p>\n

1. Connect your iPhone to your computer and launch SafeEraser;
\n2. After the iPhone is found by the software, choose \u201cErase All Data\u201d on the right;<\/p>\n

\"Enter<\/center><\/p>\n

3. Click the link of \u201cSecurity Level:\u201d and change the \u201cSecurity Level\u201d as \u201cHigh Level (3 Times)\u201d in the \u201cSettings\u201d window;<\/p>\n

\"Erase<\/center><\/p>\n

\"Change<\/center><\/p>\n

4. Input \u201cdelete\u201d in the box to confirm the iPhone erase and click \u201cErase Now\u201d, then the iPhone eraser will start to erase your iPhone.<\/p>\n

\"Erasing<\/center><\/p>\n

The \u201cHigh (3 times)\u201d Security Level uses the DoD 5220.22-M data sanitization standard originally defined by the US National Industrial Security Program (NISP) in the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM). There is no possibility to recover the erased data on iPhone any more once the iPhone is erased with this method even if the government\u2019s state-of-art data recovery technology is used.
\n<\/a><\/p>\n

Method 5: Erase deleted data on iPhone completely using SafeEraser<\/h2>\n

1. Get your iPhone connected with your computer using the USB cable came with the iPhone;
\n2. When the iPhone appears on the SafeEraser, select \u201cErase Deleted Files\u201d;<\/p>\n

\"Erase<\/center><\/p>\n

3. The software will automatically start to analyze and scan the deleted data on your iPhone;<\/p>\n

\"Analyze<\/center><\/p>\n

4. Preview the found data by categories after the scanning, unselect the file types you don\u2019t want to erase from the iPhone and click “Erase Now”.<\/p>\n

\"Select<\/center><\/p>\n

5. Select a \u201cSecurity Level\u201d and input \u201cdelete\u201d in the box on the pop-up window to confirm the erasure, then hit \u201cErase Now\u201d to start to wipe the deleted files on the iPhone.<\/p>\n

\"Confirm<\/center><\/p>\n

If you still want to restore your iPhone, please backup your iPhone with iTunes, iCloud or third-party iPhone backup software<\/a> before the iPhone erase. The erase with SafeEraser is irreversible, so think it out with care before you make a decision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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