So, you want a fresh start. Maybe you're sick of the way your iPhone is set up, or you're sick of being confronted with the realities of the past four years every time you unlock your home screen.

Whether you're ready to sell your Android or you've got to get it repaired, you'll want to see how to restore your phone to its original factory flavor of Android. Senior writer Seth Rosenblatt ...

Your business might need to restore an ASUS laptop to its factory settings for a variety of reasons. Formatting the hard drive and reinstalling the operating system ...

Always reset your Mac before selling or passing it along to a friend. Photo: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac Selling your old Mac or passing it to a friend or family member? It is always a good idea to ...

You bought a smartphone so it could become your external brain, filled with all the phone numbers, links, contacts, and data you don’t really want–or need–to keep in your head. So why would you want ...

In this simple tutorial we explain how to reset an Apple TV. We show how to power off your Apple TV and start from scratch (which you might also refer to as restarting the device), and how to reset it ...

Here's how to quickly reset your Apple TV 4K or Apple TV HD back to factory settings. Whether you’re looking to give your Apple TV away, recycle it, or simply trying to solve a technical glitch, ...

For mobile users, knowing how to wipe and take an Android device back to its factory default settings can be an essential skill. Not least of all because, as with any piece of software, Android isn’t ...

Resetting an iPad can help in several ways. It can fix software-related issues, clear memory, and storage, and reset the device to its original factory settings. This can be especially useful if the ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Whether you've run into technical glitches on your phone, or you've sold it and want to make sure the new owner can't access your data, a factory ...