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I am selling my old phone,dDoes erase all content fully delete data from my phone or do I need an additional 3rd party software to wipe the phone to assure the data can never be recovered from the phone itself
iPhone 8
Follow the steps in the article below
before sell/give away iDevice: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201351
Thanks for the reply. I see 3rd party software is advertised to be sure that the phone is erased. Is this really necessary or is the erase all content enough. Thanks
3rd party software is not required. Follow the link provided above
by stedman1. Do one step at a time and allow the current step to
complete before starting the next one.
Data security
