An iPhone running the iOS operating system is an example of stability and security. The system is not susceptible to virus attacks, failures are extremely rare, the system competently controls resources, does not become heavy and slow after a long period of use. Despite this, there are situations when it is necessary to perform a complete reset of the software and the question of how to remove everything from the “iPhone” arises as acute as possible. About how to delete data from a smartphone, and will be discussed in this material.
Why is this needed?
As mentioned above, the iPhone does not suffer from cache and extra data, but only until the place runs out at all. If the phone simply has nowhere to save data, it can begin to behave completely unpredictably. If your gadget starts to freeze, unload applications from memory, perhaps the reason is the lack of memory and it's time to think about cleaning.
Another situation in which you need to resort to this procedure is resale. Before you sell a gadget, you should erase all your data from it.
How to remove everything from the “iPhone”?
First you need to decide what data you want to erase. It happens that under “everything” users mean only applications, photos or music, which began to take up a lot of space. Deleting this data can be done without resorting to a complete cleaning of the phone.
- Excess applications can be cleaned manually. Click on any of them on the desktop and hold. As soon as they move, click the cross over the ones you want to delete.
- If a lot of space is taken by a photo, it’s worth launching “iCloud Media Library”, which will independently upload images to the “Cloud” and free up space.
- To get rid of the accumulated music cache, you should disable “iCloud Media Library”, wait for deletion, then turn it back on (Music collection will be saved, but offline files will be erased).
- If Safari data takes up a lot of space, you can also clear it without having to reset the device. For example, delete the “Offline Reading List”.
So, before you delete everything from the “iPhone”, think about whether you can handle the above methods and not lose important data, including messages and call history. If this is not your case, and you have come to learn how to completely clean your iPhone, continue reading.
If you need to delete absolutely all the data, you need to go to the device’s settings, select “General”> “Reset” and select the second item. iPhone will destroy all data except those stored in the Cloud.
Cleaning your phone using a computer
Many experienced users recommend installing new firmware when they release new firmware. Thus, the system will not have excess cache and application data that can lead to errors or slow down the OS.
To do this, you need the firmware file and installed on your iTunes computer. By connecting your phone to the computer, select it in iTunes. Hold down the Shift key and right-click on “Software Update”. Find the firmware file and select it, then the procedure for reinstalling the operating system will begin without saving any data.
Another option to perform a clean stop is to enable DFU mode, which allows you to perform this procedure. The main question is how? Clear “iPhone 5S”, like any other model, you can from the recovery mode. Connect the device to the computer and hold the lock / power and home buttons. Wait 10 seconds, release the lock / power button and continue to hold the Home button. iTunes will understand that the device is entered in DFU and will offer to make a recovery.
How to clean iPhone online?
Often, users are faced with such a need. There may be a lot of reasons. One of the first is a locked phone, a forgotten password, in this case it is impossible to access the settings and reset from the phone, it will also fail to connect to the computer (you will need to enter the password on the phone). Also the question - “How to remove everything from the iPhone” is asked by those who are not lucky to become a victim of thieves: if the device is stolen, you must immediately destroy all the data on it so that the attackers could not use your messages, photos and other confidential data.
The icloud.com site and the “Find iPhone” feature will help in this. Go to the site using your Apple ID, open the “Find iPhone” application. In the list of devices, find the gadget that you need to reset. When you select it, you will again be required to enter your Apple ID password to confirm. Once you do this, the procedure for deleting content from the phone will begin.
Precautionary measures
Before you clean your iPhone, you should understand that some data cannot be recovered. Some of them can be restored from the iCloud cloud the next time you turn on the gadget. Part may be stored in the online backup of the device. Everything except your messages, call history and health data.
If this data is important to you and you would not want to lose it, you should create a special backup using iTunes. To do this, when creating a backup on your computer, you need to check the box next to “Encrypt iPhone backup”.