Imagine the life of a modern person without gadgets is already difficult. Technique accompanies a person everywhere, with her it is easier to solve production problems, as well as provide your own leisure time, using it for entertainment. However, there are moments when it is very important to destroy everything that is placed on the iPad, which has been in use for a long period of time. The easiest and most effective way is to reset the Aipad, but for this it is important to know how to reset the iPad to factory settings.
In some cases, you must delete all information from your personal device.
Standard reset
Manufacturers of gadgets in advance made sure that users could at any time carry out a reset, if necessary, for example, urgently sell Aypad or take it to a service center. There may be many reasons, but the implementation of the plan is carried out according to the same scheme. Therefore, to get an effective result, you should carefully read the instructions explaining how to reset the iPad to factory settings.
Reset via standard menu
Experienced users recommend at the time of purchase of the iPad be sure to set a password on it. It is very important not to ever get a nasty surprise. Anyone can use the reset to factory settings. Very often children “sin” with such idle curiosity. How sad it will be for parents to see that important information disappeared as a result of the cute mischief of a child with an iPad. It is for this reason that the password is set. Subsequently, wishing to reset the gadget, the system will necessarily require you to enter it, which will prevent the unplanned deletion of all important documents.
Understanding how to reset the iPad using the standard menu is easy. For this you need to do the minimum number of actions. After starting the system, go to the “Settings” section, then go to the “Basic” tab and already in the “Reset” section you can immediately find the desired phrase “Reset all settings”.
Pressing instantly on it should not be, because it is important to first figure out what result you want to come. Why did you need to reset all settings? The fact is that in this submenu there are several possibilities that allow you to reset:
- geo-settings;
- keyboard dictionary;
- Home settings;
- network settings;
- all settings;
- all settings and all content.
Each menu is accompanied by specific features. In particular, resetting geo-settings, it is possible to remove geolocation parameters. If the gadget typed texts, during which it was proposed to enter into the dictionary a number of unfamiliar words, then by clicking on the "Reset keyboard dictionary", all individually entered words will be destroyed.
Resetting Home settings allows you to quickly and easily clear the desktop, which is simply overloaded to disgrace, which negatively affects the operation of the device.
Network passwords and parameters can be eliminated by pressing the appropriate line. You can delete absolutely all settings, including installed programs, only by selecting the item of the same name. If it is important to get a clean iPad - the way it was at the time of purchase - you will have to choose the last item. By performing the designated tasks, you can delete absolutely everything, including all documents, archives, photos and other materials.
Reset with programs
If you absolutely do not want to lose the factory settings (all of a sudden you may still need them), you can use some tricks of advanced users. And practice shows that you can reset Aypad simply by renaming the profile.
If the user does not object at all to the removal of all the content on his gadget, you can resort to the opportunities offered by some programs. Using them, it's pretty easy to figure out how to zero the iPad.
Create a new profile
If a file manager is installed on the gadget, simple actions can be carried out very quickly, as a result of which a new profile will be created, accompanied by a familiar set of factory settings.
The great advantage is that no documents, photos, videos and other content disappear without a trace - at any moment all this can be restored.
Having launched the file manager, you need to make a sequential transition, reaching the Library directory, in which you should find the Preferences folder. In conclusion, it remains only to rename the folder. With the help of such actions, a new profile is simply formed with a number of settings that are inherent in a completely new gadget.
To restore everything that was possible to reset using such a simple method, it is enough to rename the folder again, returning the name to it.
Using iTunes
Most users successfully use the program iTunes, which allows you to easily synchronize your computer and gadget. However, not everyone knows that using such a program, it is also possible to simply reset the iPad to the factory settings.
Having started the program in the usual way, you need to go to the Browse directory, and then find the Restore option. Clicking on this parameter, the system will issue a request, wishing to receive confirmation of the actions taken. The user needs to agree with the subsequent system actions, at the end of which the iPad will reboot, and all settings will be reset.
So, ideally, “clean” Aypad, returning it to the factory state, you can immediately in several ways. All of them are easy to implement and do not cause problems even for beginners.