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I purchased a new ipad that I am currently using and I need to reset or deactivate the old ipad to get all my data and pictures off of it. I want to gift it to my grandaughter. I cannot find out how to do this and I want to make sure that whatever I do I DON'T delete the same information off the new ipad.
iPad, iOS 10
Connect it to iTunes (or the newer management-tool if music doesn't manage iPads anymore), make a backup just in case, and reset it to factory settings.
This is brought upon the device, not on the apple-id...
You can get the data off of this device and fully reset this iPad, but forget abut giving this old iPad to your granddaughter and just properly recycle this device.
If your old iPad model has been stuck on iOS 10 for all of these past years, then you own an 8-1/2-year old, 2012 iPad 4th generation.
That iPad model cannot ever upgrade beyond iOS 10.3.3/10.3.4.
Your nearly 9-year old, iPad 4th gen model is too old and obsolete, now.
Sorry.
Apple ended support for all 8-10-year old iOS devices well over 4 years, ago, in 2016.
Third party app developers abandoned and stopped supporting these 8-10-year old iOS devices nearly 3 years, ago, in 2018.
There are, virtually, NO MORE third party apps available from the iOS App Store, any longer!
Third party compatible apps for such old devices are few and far between, now, in 2021.
Your granddaughter will never get any third party compatible apps for that iPad model any longer.
Sorry & Best of Luck to You!
Just back up your iPad to either Apple's iCloud ( you may need to pay for additional, monthly storage space ) or by connecting your iDevice to a computer running the latest iTunes or, if a newer Mac with a much newer macOS, use the macOS Finder to do the device backup and/or some other offsite, “cloud” data storage/backup services, like Google Drive/Photos, BOX, DropBox, Amazon Cloud Drive, Flickr ( for photos/images ), etc.
Best of Luck to You!`
Thanks for that advise so I will not go to the trouble but should I do something else to get my data off there.
Reset it to factory settings in itunes?
disable the device in itunes/music/your apple-id
Reset it to factory-settings (in itunes)
And that won’t affect my new iPad.
Removing all data and pictures from old ipad
