How to delete iPhone data before selling? How to wipe all file from iPhone before selling my iPhone? How to permanently erase information on iPhone before selling my old iPhone?
1. “I want to sell both of my Water Damaged Iphones, how do i delete the data permanently if they wont go on? “- crocket

2. Deleting info on iPhone?
“I use my phone for a lot of things, therefore I have put a good amount of info in there over time. How can I delete whats in my phone before I sell it?” - BosKm

3. Does erase all content and settings securley wipe?
“I want to sell my iphone 4 to a friend of mine. I used to have some business info on the phone but i deleted it. I know deleting stuff doesnt "really" delete stuff and while i trust my friend i worry if somebody would steal the phone from my friend they could recover the deleted data. Ive heard erase content and settings deletes the encryption key making old data unrecoverable but i don't know if its true. Whats the correct way to securely sanitize my iphone before sale.” - Superfan

4.How can I make sure my old iPhone memory is completely deleted before selling it?
“I want to sell my first generation iPhone, but want to make sure it has been completely cleaned of my personal data.” - PSU94

To delete iPhone data before selling, remember backup all your data, You can use iTunes or iCloud to backup the data on your old iPhone, or directly transfer it to your new phone or computer with a certain data transfer tool like iPhone Data Manager.

Delete SMS on iPhone for selling: To ensure that the deleted data cannot be recovered by any data recovery software, you need to choose a reliable tool which can finish this work perfectly and won't remember any data by itself. Here my recommendation is iPhone Data Eraser. This software can smash everything on the iPhone, and even the government recovery facility can't retrieve anything on it. It's totally safe and easy to use.

Step 1. Connect your iPhone to the computer
Get your iPhone connected to the computer where iPhone Data Eraser is installed.

Step 2. Choose a type of data erasing
Launch Data Eraser for iOS and choose the option of erase all data and settings to begin the data deletion. All data contains contacts, messages, call history, photos, videos, notes, apps, browser history, bookmarks, account info, passwords and other personal data.

Step 3. Start to erase all data on your iPhone
The process of data erasing will take you a little while. Keep your iPhone connected during the whole course.



When it's complete. Your iPhone gets started with a clean slate now.

Unlink/Unregister your iPhone: The last step you need to do is to unregister your iPhone from Apple's website so that it's no longer linked to your Apple ID. It's also a simple work.
Step 1. Go to the Apple's website here:
Step 2. Log in with your Apple ID and password.
Step 3. Find edit products and click on it.
Step 4. Click on the x to the right of the product.
Step 5. Click Unregister, and that's all.

Make a list of all your accounts like iCloud, Dropbox, Pandora, etc. Stop them all from linking to your iPhone. Then take the SIM card out of your iPhone and get it ready for selling on eBay or other sale places.

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Once you restore iPhone to factory setting,you may found all data was erased on iPhone. Many iPhone users may ask: “I restore my iPhone to factory settings by accidentally, it cause losing iPhone contacts, text messages, notes and other data, and I need to restore iPhone lost data back. How can I do to recover lost data from iPhone after restore iPhone to factory settings?”

The answer is Yes:You still have chance to recover iPhone lost data after restoring to factory settings, because those erased data still stored on your devices,you can’t preview them without professional iPhone data recovery program, you can use an iPhone Data Recovery tool to scan and restore lost data back. You should know that iTunes doesn't allow you to recover data selectively. However,to recover lost files from iPhone after restore factory setting,the iPhone Data Recovery for Mac or (Windows) can help you get them back in three ways:

Way.1: Recover iPhone lost data directly after restore factory setting

Way.2: Scan and restore iPhone data from iTunes backup files,when you restore your iPhone to factory settings

Way.3: Download and scan/restore data from iCloud backup files(before you restore iPhone to factory setting,you have backed up iPhone data to iCloud)


Let’s teach you how to recover data from iPhone after Restore iPhone to Factory Settings.

How to recover iPhone data after restore factory setting?

Tips: This article mainly teach you restore iPhone data from iTunes backup files,you can also recover lost data or deleted files from iPhone, iPad directly.
Once you “erase all contents and settings” or “restore all settings” on iPhone,this powerful iPhone data recovery can help you restore all lost data directly.

Step 1: Run the program on your computer



Step 2: Extract iTunes backup
Step 3: Preview and recover iPhone lost data from the iTunes backup



Tips: The iPhone Data Recovery allows you preview SMS contents in Messages and Message Attachments, photos and videos in Camera Roll and Photo Stream categories, etc. If you want to restore all lost data from iPhone.Please choose all data you want and click "Recover" button to save it on your computer.
Note: If you have a need, you also can sms, contacts, photos, videos, notes and other lost data one by one.