When a mobile phone becomes two or three years old, it needs to be replaced. At the time of exchange, either we sell the old phone to someone or we exchange the old mobile and get a new phone. In both cases, we have to delete the mobile data properly, otherwise, the other person to whom your phone will go can also misuse this phone (your data and your pictures present in the phone). To avoid this, we have to take care of some things. Today in this blog post, we will tell you how to wipe your phone clean before selling in 2023 as well as tell you some important things that you have to keep in mind before selling a mobile.
wipe your phone clean In Short
- Take a Backup of your data.
- Get Signed out from all accounts.
- Remove all your Personal Information.
- Wipe your phone clean before selling.
- Recheck for any leftover.
Let’s go into details for each step to wipe your phone clean.
How to WIPE YOUR PHONE CLEAN Before Selling in 2023
To wipe your phone (iPhone or Android) clean before selling in 2023, follow the below steps:
1. Take Backup of Your Phone before selling
If you want to protect your phone data from falling into the wrong hands, then first of all you have to take a backup of your phone data. By taking a backup, your important data will be safe with you. You can use your Google Drive, iCloud, and your desktop or laptop to take backups. If you are using an Android phone, then you can follow the steps of Google Support for backup. If you have an iPhone then you can follow the steps of Apple Support for backup after selecting version of iOS.
2. Sign-out of Your All Accounts present in Phone before Selling
Before selling your phone, it is a very important step to sign-out from all the apps present on your phone. This is an important step for your security and privacy. You must sign out from the following accounts:
- Google Account/Apple ID.
- Bank Accounts.
- Social media accounts.
After you are signed out, you also have to make sure that you are completely signed out. For this, you have to follow the instructions provided by each account.
3. Remove personal information before selling phone
After signing out of all accounts, the next step is to remove your personal information from your phone before selling it. Because without removing them, your data can be misused. Below personal information to be deleted:
- Your messages present in phone.
- Your contact lists.
- Your photos.
- Your PDF/Word Files.
To delete all these, you have to go to the settings option of the phone and select the option to erase all content and settings. After this, all your personal information will be deleted immediately.
4. Wipe Your Phone Claen Before Selling
Now it is the turn to delete all the data and settings of the phone together and to bring it back to the same mode when the phone was brand new, which means in factory reset mode (which means restoring it to its original factory settings). Go to phone settings search for the Factory Reset option and reset your phone. Because of this all your content and settings will be permanently deleted and after that, your phone will be ready to sell.
5. Remove Memory card (microSD card) if resent and SIM(s)
Sometimes in a hurry, we leave the microSD card and SIM(s) inside our phone. We have to pay attention to this. We should do a factory reset only after removing the microSD card and SIM or else the data of the microSD card and SIM may deleted while doing the factory reset.
6. Recheck for any leftover before Selling
Even after resetting the phone in factory mode, you should check once again that there is no personal data or any personal pictures left. You may also need some recovery software for this. By the way, without using recovery software, we tell you an easy way by which you will be completely sure that you do not have any personal data in your phone and you can sell it without worry.
You fill any junk data in your phone. After that delete that junk data. Then factory reset your phone. Now you can sell your phone. If someone wants to retrieve your data, then he will get that junk data only and your original data will be safe with you.
Now clean all your phone’s accessories (charging cable, charging adapter, sim ejector tool, etc) and keep it in its original box. Now your phone is ready to sell.
Conclusion
Wiping your phone clean before selling is a mandatory step for everyone who wants to sell their phone. Because of this both your data and privacy will be secure. You will have to sign out of your all accounts after backing up your phone. After removing personal information, you have to factory reset your phone. After that, you also have to check whether anything is yet pending or not. If you follow all these steps, then under any circumstances, nobody can steal your data and both your privacy and data will be safe. If you want to check more safety, then you should also check the instructions of the device’s manufacturer. In this way, you can wipe your phone clean before selling.
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