Dale Smith is a former Associate Writer on the How-To team at CNET. A factory reset will wipe all the information from your device -- including personal information-- and put it in a condition like it ...

For other models, use the reset button on the device to reset the Nest camera. This article describes how to reset a Nest camera to restore its default settings if it's not working correctly. How to ...

Short answer: A factory reset deletes almost everything on your device, including apps, settings, and personal data like photos and messages. However, it does not erase the firmware, Android or iOS, ...

To perform a hard reset on the Nook tablet, you first must access the Factory Reset screen. A factory reset, also known as a hard reset, deregisters your device with Amazon and wipes all data from the ...

There are several reasons why you might need to reset your Sonos speaker. Maybe you moved and need to connect it to a new Wi-Fi network. Maybe you’re looking to sell it. Or maybe the Sonos speaker ...

Conor has been staunchly in favor of Android since graduating to a smartphone from his hot pink Motorola RAZR. In fact, he'll gladly ruin a friendly dinner in service of lambasting Apple devices to ...

If your phone is in working condition and you can boot into the Android homescreen normally, you can securely wipe your Galaxy S23 through the usual Android resetting flow. This is the easiest method ...

You can reset a Fitbit Versa to jog the system back to proper function if it has become slow to respond or is malfunctioning in some way. You can also initiate a factory reset that will wipe the ...

The Google Home, Home Mini and Home Max are all pretty impressive smart speakers from Google, with the Google Assistant built-in. But they are not perfect. You may run into issues where the Google ...

Once your Roku TV is back up and running, try opening the last app that was giving you grief. More often than not, you'll find it's behaving much better. The sluggishness is gone, the crashes have ...