Wipe Everything (Music, Photos, Contacts, etc.) Off iPhone
2013-10-22 11:25:12/ Posted by Sand Dra to Portable Device
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In order to protect your privacy, sometimes you may need to delete all contents & settings on your iPhone. Actually, there are many ways that you can wipe all iPhone data, but referring to wipe iPhone data permanently, these methods may can't satisfy your demands. Undoubtedly, no one want others to be able to recover their personal data like contacts number, text messages, photos, etc. on their sold or donated old iPhone by stranger, but things are not as simple as you imagine.
What method are you used to delete your iPhone data? Using the "Restore" function or simply delete all files on iPhone device directly? To be honest, both of them is able to erase data from iPhone outwardly, but can't wipe these iPhone data permanently. That means people can use a special tool like iStonsoft iPad/iPod/iPhone Data Recovery to restore these deleted data from iPhone on computer easily. Then how to thoroughly wipe everything off iPhone become a headache for many iPhone users.
IMPORTANT: Make sure before you start to erase data on iPhone, just sync your iPhone with iTunes so that if needed it can be restored at a later date.
How to Wipe Photos, Music, Video, Contacts, SMS, etc. Off iPhone?
Maybe you don't know that the default erase settings provided by Apple doesn't really erase your personal data. In fact, Apple only encrypts the whole data on your iPhone instead of erasing it. So if you want to wipe iPhone data, you need to find a professional erasing software to achieve your goal. Under this situation, my recommendations is iPhone Data Eraser software. It is trustworthy and effective. And you can delete iPhone data permanently with one single click. After that, you can't find anything on it, no matter which data recovery tool you use.
Run the program and let's check the main interface below:
Connect your iPhone to computer via its USB cable, then let's this program to detect your device. If it is can't be detected, you can close the program and open it again.
On the main interface, you can choose the option of "Erase all data on devices ", and then a pop-up window will appear and ask you to select the erasing modes: Low, Medium or High. The default option is Medium. You can change it according to your own needs, and then click "Start" to start the data deletion.
Done! Now you have wiped everything off your iPhone completely. We ensure that the files are not recoverable, so you can rest assure to sell your iPhone on eBay or other places without any doubt.
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