Android and iOS operating systems offer options in the settings that make it possible to erase everything and restore the factory configuration.In this way, you can resell it or give it up to a third party.

When the time comes to change your smartphone for a latest generation model, there is inevitably the question of what we are going to do with the old.In many mobile users, it is not uncommon for the front laptop to finish in a drawer.But his career can also end at the bucket, in anticipation of a recycling, or in another pocket, through resale or donation.

This is where another question will ask, that of personal data.

No question obviously to resell or give your laptop with all your content on it.It is therefore on the side of the deletion parameters integrated into Android and iOS - the two main mobile operating systems - that you will have to turn.But before all things, remember to save all your data.Because once the last step is completed, they can no longer be recovered.

Erase your data on Android

This guide was written based on a OnePlus 6 smartphone (10.3.4) operating with Android 10. Depending on the model of your smartphone and the version of the operating system, some points may vary at the margin.But in broad outline, the user route will be almost the same.If you have a doubt, you can always ask a loved one who will help you.

Once in the settings (which are here at the bottom right of the left screen), you will have to go to the system, then to the reset options.

Reset will concern account information, contact list, user data, but also applications installed from Google Play and all multimedia content: photos, videos, music, games and any other item that is not partAndroid basic files.This will also erase preferences and network settings (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or even mobile data).

To delete everything, you have to opt for erasing all data and think about activating the deletion option for internal storage.

Erase your data on an iPhone

This guide was written based on an iPhone operating under iOS 14. If you use a much more dilapidated model or version of the bone, it is possible that the user route varies slightly.However, the outlines will be the same and you should come across the right settings, even if it means groping a little.

Several reset options are offered on iOS, depending on the level of reset to zero you are targeting.

Make sure you have saved all the data that interests you before erasing everything.

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