How To Reset An iPad

Freezing iPad

The frustration when you're in the middle of an important task, and your iPad keeps freezing. We’ve all been there! When your instincts are compelling you to throw your iPad at a wall. But, don’t worry! We are here to unruffle this common problem!

Have you installed too many apps, or does your Apple iPad have bugs? Whatever the reason for a delayed response or hanging, you can smoothen your operations by resetting the settings of your iPad. Keep reading to know all the steps to reset the settings:

Soft Reset

Facing a sluggish response without hanging whilst playing games or web browsing? It may be due to the loading of some particular game apps. Time for a soft reset. Simply switch off your iPad and switch it on again. This simple process will smooth out all the operations by fixing the bugs. Here is the entire process:

• Press and hold the power button
• A sliding bar will appear on the top of your screen
• Swipe the bar from left to right to switch off your iPad
• After switching off, pop your iPad in charge for a few minutes.
• Take out of charge and hold down the power button to switch on again.

Voila! A fast iPad back again. This process fixes most issues to optimise the speed of your iPad.

Forceful Restart

Browsing or doing research, and suddenly the screen hangs and no response after several attempts. Try forceful reboot of iPad this time:

• Press the power button and home button together.
• The iPad will power out and then reboot. This process will eradicate the hanging experience.
• If your iPad has no home button, press the power button and one volume button simultaneously.
• The screen will switch off. Now restart the iPad and enjoy the smooth operation.

Factory Reset

Restoring the factory settings on your iPad can fix various bugs that have lingered on your iPad. If you want to resell your iPad, it is necessary to perform factory resetting so other people can’t access your private data. Factory resetting permanently deletes all the data. Therefore before resetting, you must back up your data into your iCloud storage. Here are the complete steps to accomplish this resetting:

• Open settings > now tap General > select Reset - Erase All Content And Settings
• Now erase the iPad and select confirm
• You will factory set up to a brand new iPad after the restoration of settings
• You can now select a new setup, or you can restore from icloud backup

Repair

In a nutshell, whether your iPad is hanging, freezing, or lagging in response, or you want to sell your iPad and are eager to erase all data, you can reset your iPad by simply rebooting. In other cases, erase all the data by restoring the factory setup. Before doing this, make sure you have backed up your data in your iCloud.

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