2 Ways to Delete Personal Data and Settings on an iPhone

Your iPhone is messed up by some strange app settings or configuration? Or you just want to clear up all your iPhone before selling or giving it out? Or for some else courses, you don't want others access or scan the data on your device? No matter what the reason is, you need to wipe off all private data as well as app/system settings at times. Here you come to the right place. We will introduce you two effective ways to help you make it. Read carefully and find out the suitable one to delete your iPhone personal data and settings.

• Part 1: Use iPhone "Erase All Content and Settings" Option

• Part 2: Wipe off iPhone Personal Data and Settings

Part 1: Use iPhone "Erase All Content and Settings" Option

iPhone default erase settings allow you to delete all data without any help of tools. In this way, data can be cleared up and your device can have more space for storage. If you want to recover those deleted data later, this ways works better for you. Read the following steps and figure it out how to use iPhone default deleting function to wipe off all personal data and settings.

• Step 1: Go to "Settings" > "General" > "Reset" on your iPhone.

• Step 2: Select "Erase All Content and Settings" from the option list and go on.

• Step 3: Press "Erase iPhone" next to confirm your conduct.

Also, you need to wait for some time until the erasing process ends. Then your device will be cleared up with nothing on it.

Part 2: Wipe off iPhone Personal Data and Settings

This ways works perfectly for those who want to resell or donate their iPhone. One click to erase all personal data as well as settings, and no one can find any way to recover the data on Apple device. This is what iPhone Data Eraser can do for you. You can truly believe in this magic eraser program and get a completely "new" iPhone after deleing. What's more, the software provides three different modes to wipe off data safely from your iDevice that you can choose any one as you like.

Now, let's take a look at how to remove iPhone data and settings with iPhone Data Eraser.

 

• Step 1:Install and run iPhone Data Eraser on your computer. Then connect you iPhone via a USB cable.

• Step 2:You will be offered two erasing types shown in the window below. Choose the first one -"Eraser All Data on Device"(the only available one for the moment), and move on.

• Step 3:The three security levels designed for you show up in the interface then. From low to high, security standard rises. Select the one you prefer and click on"Start".

• Step 4:Type in the word appears in the input box so the program gets your confirmation to start data erasing. It will take you some time according to the whole volume of data. Wait patiently until it completes.

After deleting, you can use your"new"iPhone, resell it on eBay, or give it to others without worrying about personal data leakage.

These two ways are both workable that you can pick any one that suits you. While, you should know that, Apple's default erasing function actually doesn't remove all your data but encrypt for you. If you really want todelete your personal iPhone datacompletely and permanently, we recommend you the second solution to keep your data safer by deleting.

 

Tutorial: 2 Ways to Delete Personal Data and Settings on an iPhone

How to Delete Recent Contacts Showing Up in Your Text History

I've deleted my ex's contact but when I go to create a new text message her number drops down as "recent - other"! Basically it's when you go to type in a number when you create a new text message... A list of recently texted numbers shows up and I've no idea how to delete them.   --- Oliver789

This is a common problem, and every iPhone user may encounter this problem. If you go to write a message, there may be one or a few recent contacts showing up in your text history. Actually, it's a convenient way for users to find somebody's phone number that you always contact with. When the number is not so important, or becomes useless, this function may bring a trouble to you. Don't worry. This guide will present you two ways to get these annoying recent contacts away from your text history.

With iPhone Data Eraser, deleting contacts on iPhone would be convenient. It also supports to delete messages, photos, and other data & settings on iPhone. Just download and have a try! The following steps will show you how to use this software.

 

Tutorial: Delete Recent Contacts in Text Messaging

Step 1. Run the software and connect your iPhone to the computer. 
After the installation, run iPhone Data Eraser on your computer. Then connect your iPhone with a USB cable to the computer. When the program recognizes your device, you’ll see its main window as follows.

Note: Backup the important data if you don’t want to delete them

Step 2. Choose Erase all data on device and click on it 
The WIPE OVER means to erase all data and settings permanently.

Note: “WIPE DELETED FILES” is not available yet.

Step 3. Click on the Start button to delete whole data on your iPhone, including the recent contacts in text messaging. 
There are three security levels to erase all recent contacts on your iPhone. You can choose any of them to your requirement. Higher levels will ask for more time. Here we’ll choose the default one --- the medium one which will overwrite your iPhone with junk files ensure that the files can not be recoverable and no one knows that you’ve deleted all data on your iPhone. What they can recover from your iPhone are all junk files. And then click“START WIPE”.

Note: The low level - the software will erase and overwrite all your data with zeros to ensure that the files are not recoverable. When recovering data from your iPhone, you can only find zeros from it.
The high level - it meets the DOD5220 – 22M standard. When you choose this level, the data on your iPhone will be erased and overwritten by three times. You can get a better insurance.

Step 4. Click “Done” and the wiping completed 
After a few minutes, all the data will be wiped permanently. You can get your iPhone as a new one. And recent contacts will not showing up in your text history. You clear them permanently.

Now you won’t see the deleted recent contacts showing up in your text history after finishing these easy steps. Don’t worry about the annoying issue. iPhone Data Eraser for iOS permanently wipes all recent contacts from the device and resetting system setting with just one click. iPhone Data Eraser can erase other types of data, such as message, call logs, music, photos, bookmark and so on as well.

 

Tutorial: How to Delete Recent Contacts Showing Up in Your Text History

How to Permanently Delete iPhone Text Messages

I noticed that contacts that I text frequently are showing up in my spotlight searches with text messages that have been deleted. I know that I can exclude messages from the search, but I'd rather just not have deleted messages show up. Is there any way to delete SMS messages from my phone permanently?
--- rhoward0104

I have an iPhone and I just recently discovered that old SMS messages even after I sync the phone with my Mac, are showing up in my spotlight search. I do not like this for very good reasons. I was wanting to know if there was anyway to permanently delete these messages to keep them from coming back?
--- Smith

We all want to delete sms on iPhone sometimes. Whether that's because you want to keep your Messages app tidy or because a message had something in it you don't want someone else to see, it seems that no method can really clear our inbox messages. A simple swipe usually takes care of things. It turns out that deleting iPhone text messages isn't so simple.

Here I strongly recommend this data eraser: iPhone Data Eraser. It enables you to delete the whole messages on your iPhone with one click, regardless of how many you have. The deleted messages will be automatically overwritten by junk files and become unrecoverable. Afterwards, none of your personal messages can be recovered by any recovery software, even with the most advanced recovery tool. This software works great for iPhone 5s, iPhone 5c, iPhone 5, iPhone 4S, iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS. So it also works on your phone. There are the steps below. Deleting iPhone SMS is so simple according to the steps.

Tutorial: How to Delete iPhone Messages

Step 1. Do backup your iPhone 
Before you begin the next step, you should seriously do a full backup of your important data first. All data on your iPhone will be totally wiped and can't be retrieved. To get the messages deleted permanently, you can't restore your iPhone from iTunes or iCloud, or the deleted data will also be restored.

Step 2. Run iPhone Data Eraser and connect your iPhone 
After backing up your iPhone data, run iPhone Data Eraser and get your iPhone connected to the computer with a USB cable.


Step 3. Select the right option
When the software detects your iPhone, you'll see two options appearing on the main window. Choose the first one: Erase all content and settings. The second one will come out in the next version
There are three security levels to erase all data on your device. You can choose any of them according to your requirement. Higher levels will ask for more time. Here, let’s choose the medium one.

Tips: Low: Overwrite all of your data with zeros to ensure that the files are not recoverable.
Medium: Overwrite your device with junk files to ensure that the files are not recoverable, and no one knows that you've erased your device.(the default one)
High: Erase and overwrite your device three times, and the security standard is based on the U.S. DOD 5220.22-M, more secure for confidential data destruction on your device.

Step 4. Start permanently deleting SMS from your iPhone
Then click the Start button coming out in the next window. The software begins deleting all data on your iPhone now. Keep your iPhone connected all the time during the process. When it's complete, you can get a totally new iPhone.

Note: Don't try to restore your iPhone from iTunes or iCloud, or the deleted messages will come back. Transfer the useful data that you've backed up previously to your iPhone. You can put it back to your iPhone after the deleting.

You can't find any old messages on it, even with data recovery tools. As a matter of fact, the tool supports fromiOS 5.0 to iOS 7.0, including iPhone, iPad and iPod. Here are file types supported to erase, such as message, contact, email, note, reminder, system setting, photo, bookmark and more.

Tutorial: How to Permanently Delete iPhone Text Messages

How to Permanently Delete Photos from an iPhone

Photos record someone's life to some degree. You won't like to see your personal photos on iPhone theft by others, or leaking out in public. However, simply "deleting" your private pictures from the device won't work perfectly because Apple encrypt rather than remove them. Any professional recovery tool can retrieve those encrypted photos easily. So, is there any effective way to permanently erase some unwanted photos from your iPhone?

Yes. Here you can have the powerful iPhone Data Eraser, which is designed to help iPhone users to wipe off all data completely and permanently. You don't need any professional skills in using this program. Its user-friendly feature allows you make the erase successfully only with one simple click, so that any personal private photos, text messages, notes and videos will be removed forever. Now, the eraser software has supported iPhone 5c/5s, iPhone 5, iPhone 4S/4 and iPhone 3GS. Download and install the trial version on your computer now. Then follow the steps below to get how to permanently remove your iPhone phones.

Note: Back up your device before wiping off everything on it. TunesGo is perfect for you, as you can selectively transfer whatever you want from the backup file to your iPhone. Do not use iTunes or iCloud backup, it will restore the deleted or unwanted photos on the iPhone again.

How to Permanently Remove Photos from your iPhone

• Step 1: Connect your Device to the Computer

Run the software on the PC and connect your iPhone to the computer via a USB cable. The program will detect your device and show up the window below.

• Step 2: Choose to Wipe off all Data

You can see two options are provided in data erasing type. Choose the first option "Eraser All Data On Device" and move on.

• Step 3: Permanently Erase all Data in a Security Level

Select a security level to erase your iPhone data and click "Start". You will be asked to input a word to confirm your conduct. Then, the erasing process begins. Just wait patiently now.

Don't unplug your device in the process or the erasing won't success. After it completes, click "Done" to finish the whole procedure. Use your iPhone as new or transfer previous useful data to it again by using TunesGo (Mac). To know more specific information about iPhone Data Eraser, check it out here.

Tutorial: How to Permanently Delete Photos from an iPhone

How to Delete iPhone Data Without Restore

I just got off the phone with apple and they told me to take the phone to verizon for exchange due to wifi issues. I don't really want to go through the whole restore process plus Verizon may not like it restored in order to check it out. If I use erase all content under the reset function, will that securely remove all data?

If you want to delete the entire data stored in your iPhone, iPhone Data Eraser can definitely meet your satisfaction in terms of deleting iPhone data. It can permanently erase content from your iPhone 5s/5c/5/4S/4/3GS and iPad & iPod. It is the best iPhone Data Eraser to wipe all personal information of iPhone. No only wipe personal data permanently, but also supports delete contacts, messages, photos, videos, apps, account info, passwords and other hidden data stored on iPhone, iPad and iPod.

iPhone Data Eraser provides the most secure way to smash everything on your iPhone, it is a reliable and effective tool. It will be the first choice when you are in need of to do so.

Download the free and trial version to have a try!

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How to Delete iPhone Data without Restore

Step 1.Connect your iPhone to computer

After connecting your iPhone to computer with a USB cable, your iPhone will be detected by iPhone Data Eraser automatically.

Step 2.Choose "Erase All Data on Device" in the window of program

Step 3.Start to earse all data on your device now

Step 4.Use your device as a new one

iPhone Data Eraser provides the easily way for you to delete your iPhone data, when you finish all the steps according to the above steps, you are surely get a totally new iPhone now and you can sell it with no worries.

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Tutorial: How to Delete iPhone Data Without Restore

2 Ways to Delete iPhone Data Without Losing Jailbreak

"I have an iPhone 5 - how do I erase the data on the phone without losing the jailbreak? I am looking to sell it. If I go to settings - general - reset - erase all content and settings, will this lose the jailbreak?"
"I have a jailbroken iPhone for sale on eBay. How would I erase all the data and information on the phone without losing my Jailbreak? Thanks."

For the first question, to erase all data on the iPhone through the default factory resetting does will make you lose the jailbreak at the same time. However, many iPhone users want to delete the whole personal data on their devices but keep the jailbreak. Since you can't use the iPhone "Erase All Content and Settings" function, here we introduce you two effective ways to wipe iPhone data without losing jailbreak.

Solution 1: Completely Erase iPhone Data (Only for an Jailbroken iPhone)Solution 2: Use Professional iPhone Data Eraser to Wipe all Data

Solution 1: Completely Erase iPhone Data (Only for an Jailbroken iPhone)

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If you want, you can also try iLEX RAT to erase all iPhone data without losing your jailbreak. To make it more specifically, the whole data can be cleared up, except for stock apps and data from the jailbroken iPhone. But you can have your jailbreak kept original. Read the steps below to check it out.

Step 1: First of all, go to download and install iLEX RAT on your iPhone from Cydia Store.

Step 2: Look for MobileTerminal from Cydia Store. Then install and run it on your device.

Step 3: Enter "rat" in the command area and select to delete all iPhone data by taping on option 12 in the long list shown to you.

Step 4: Touch on "Yes" to confirm your action so the app gets your verification.

Step 5: Wait until the erasing process completes. Lastly, reboot your iPhone when informed to do that.

So, after rebooting the device, you will get a "new" iPhone with no data on it. (iLEX RAT and stock apps still exits).

Solution 2: Use Professional iPhone Data Eraser to Wipe all Data

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To keep the jailbreak after erasing all the data on the iPhone, this is the ideal way for you. Professional iPhone Data Eraser can assist you to wipe off the whole contents just with one click, including SMS, photos, videos, notes, contacts and others. It's safe as well as fast. After all, you won't lose the jailbreak. iPhone 5s/5c, iPhone 5, iPhone 4S and iPhone 4 are all compatible with this program. Now follow the easy guide below to erase your iPhone data:

• Step 1: Download and install the program on your computer. Then connect your iPhone and run the eraser program.

• Step 2: Select "Erase all Data on Device", the only available type of data erasing, to delete both existing and deleted data files.

• Step 3: Choose one security level from the offered standards: Low, Medium and High. Then click on "Start" and input the word shown to you to begin the erasing process.

After some time, you can get your "clean slate" state iPhone, without any personal data stored before. Surely, jailbreak won't lose. Restart and use it as new, or resell it to others. It's all for your choice.

Well, these two methods are both workable in deleting all iPhone data without losing jailbreak. Choose any one as you like. Any suggestions or questions can be left in the comments.

Tutorial: 2 Ways to Delete iPhone Data Without Losing Jailbreak

How to Delete iPhone Data Permanently

For what reason will you want to delete all the contents on your iPhone? You may want to sell it on eBay, trade it through a store, give it to your friend, or donate it to charity. Whatever the situation is, clearing up all the data stored on the device is necessary, as you won't like your SMS, photos, contacts, notes, accounts information and any other personal data seen by others. Thus, how can you erase your iPhone data completely and permanently?

Some may use the iPhone factory resetting to delete all existed data, but actually, it doesn't help at all. The data is just encrypted and can be restored easily through some recovery apps. The effective way to erase all the data permanently is to use a reliable third-party data eraser program. iPhone Data Eraser is exactly what you need in this case. With only one click, your iPhone will return to a "clear slate" state, and no one can recover the whole data, even professional recovery facility. Check it out how to wipe off all data on the iPhone forever in the following easy steps.

First of all, download and install iPhone Data Eraser on your computer. Then, follow the step-by-step guide below.

How to Erase all iPhone Data Permanently?

• Step 1: Connect your iPhone to the Computer

Launch the eraser software on the computer, and then use a USB cable to connect your iPhone to the PC. The main window you will see is as follow.

• Step 2: Choose to Erase all Data on Device

As two types of data erasing are offered, only "Erase all Data on Device" is workable now. All data, including both existing files and deleted ones, will be wiped off in this way. Click on it and move on.

• Step 3: Clear up all Data with a Security Standard

You can select a security standard to clear up all the data with this program: Low, Medium and High. Introductions for each security level can be got from the program interface. Directly choose the default one - Medium security level, and click on "Start" button to begin the erasing process. No one will know you have erased your iPhone data as junk files will be written to the device instead.

• Step 4: Get your "New" iPhone

Wait for some time until the program finishes the wiping. Then press "Done" so you get your totally "new" iPhone. Now, you don't need to worry about your personal data being leaked out any more.

Note:

1. As the data will be wiped forever and can not be retrieved, you are advised to make a backup before you erase them.

2. If you want a higher and better erasing standard, choose the high level to wipe off your iPhone data, the data will be erased and overwritten by three times based on DOD 5220 - 22 M standard.

iPhone Data Eraser has got much more popularity recently due to its friendly interface and security. Download and know more what the eraser program can do for you.f

Tutorial: How to Delete iPhone Data Permanently