Reset iPhone with hard reset - how it works

If your iPhone freezes and stops responding, you can usually avoid a hard reset. The device is thus restarted without loss of data. We show you how this works in this practical tip.

How to perform a hard reset on the iPhone

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You can perform a hard reset by pressing the two buttons on the iPhone 4, 5 and SE.

With the iPhone 6, pressing the two buttons simultaneously is enough.

Instead of the home button, you have to use the volume down button on the iPhone 7.

Press all of these buttons on iPhone 8, iPhone X and iPhone 11 to start a hard reset.

In the following points you will learn how you can initiate a hard reset using key combinations on the various iPhone models.

• On the iPhone 4, iPhone 5 and iPhone SE, you have to press the home button and the power button at the same time until the iPhone turns itself off.
• Exactly the same process works for the iPhone 6. However, here the power button is placed on the right side of the device.
• This is no longer the case with the iPhone 7. Press the power button on the right side and the opposite volume down button simultaneously for about 10 seconds.
• You can perform a hard reset on the iPhone 8 and iPhone X with a key combination. To do this, you must first briefly press the volume up key, then briefly the volume down key . Then press and hold the power button until the iPhone reacts and the Apple logo appears on the display.
• The same applies to the iPhone 11.

If nothing works anymore: Reset iPhone to factory settings

If this method of hard reset on the iPhone does not help, there is also the option of resetting the device to the factory settings. This works both with the settings and with a key combination. In this practical tip, you will learn how to reset the iPhone.

What you can do when your iPhone is no longer working can be read in the next practical tip.