Factory reset

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A process that restores an electronic device to its factory setting by erasing all user data and personalized configurations.

    "A factory reset returns your Android device to “out of the box” condition. It deletes all user data and settings."

Verb
  1. 1
    To perform a factory reset of (a device). transitive

Synonyms

All synonyms
powerwash

Example

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"A factory reset returns your Android device to “out of the box” condition. It deletes all user data and settings."

Etymology

So called because such a reset would revert a device back to its original state, as it would have been when it was constructed in a factory.

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