Q: How ca I delete all data from my iphone permanently?

If Find My iPhone is enabled with your iCloud account settings on the iPhone, turn this off first.

After Find My iPhone has been turned off, on the iPhone go to Settings > General > Reset and select Erase All Content & Settings. This is a secure erase of all content and settings - everything but iOS and the included apps.

1. Settings > iCloud > Find My iPhone > OFF

2. Settings > General > Reset > Erase All Content and Settings

What to do before selling or giving away your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

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elahinsdale wrote:

 

Thank you for your answers. I do  know those steps, but I want to make sure that my data cannot!! be restored! by anyone!

You're worrying to much.  So unless you have something to hide, just follow the steps, wipe it and move on.

You're actually not worrying too much, take a look at the following stories all backed up by evidence

http://www.itpro.co.uk/mobile/19643/importance-wiping-devices-upgrading

http://forums.macrumors.com/archive/index.php/t-1139941.html - Leading Forensics company Cellabrite talk about how they can retrieve data that’s deleted from mobile devices

http://www.2-viruses.com/deletion-or-factory-resetting-does-not-fully-remove-dat a-from-mobile-phones

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2010/oct/12/mobile-phones-personal-data

Factory reset is not enough, data recovery tools appear to work, however there are people now buying phones online just to remove personal data, because enough people don't take it seriously.

I can name a UK company that will do the job properly for you, with an offical document of data destruction (the phone is not actually destroyed lol). If you need the name let me know!

I'm here to help!

Nonsense.  You have no clue about the hardware encryption of all data on the phone.  There are no viruses,

Your posts are beginning to appears as pre-spam for that "UK company"...

iOS: Understanding 'Erase All Content and Settings'

modular747 wrote:

 

1. Settings > iCloud > Find My iPhone > OFF

 

2. Settings > General > Reset > Erase All Content and Settings

iPhone Data Eraser

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If you need to permanently delete data from iPhone, My recommendation is iPhone Data Eraser, which can erase all data including contacts, messages, call history, apps, system setting, photo, video, keyboard cache, safari bookmark. Indeed, iPhone Data Eraser worth trusting and it makes the work more effective. What you need is a windows computer. One single click and data deletion finish. In addition, the program also works well with iPad and iPod Touch.

doarlunar wrote:

If you need to permanently delete data from iPhone, My recommendation is iPhone Data Eraser, which can erase all data including contacts, messages, call history, apps, system setting, photo, video, keyboard cache, safari bookmark. Indeed, iPhone Data Eraser worth trusting and it makes the work more effective. What you need is a windows computer. One single click and data deletion finish. In addition, the program also works well with iPad and iPod Touch.

If you go to Settings>General>Reset>Erase all content and settings

Once you do that it will put the phone into setup mode with iPhone Data Eraser and everything will be delete from the phone and they won't be able to get your information back.I found the hard way that just because you wiped your iPhone's data doesn't mean that everything linking you to the phone has been removed. There are some apps that may still be linked based on your phone's unique hardware ID. I sold an old iPhone to a friend of mine and completely wiped my data using the method above, however, he informed me that my account was still linked. He said that the same was true for several other apps as well, to permanently delete iPhone data before selling, you have to choose some professional iPhone data eraser software.

Hogwash.

The erase all contents and settings option with the iPhone is a secure erase.

If you want to delete contacts, sms, photos, videos and other data on iPhone permanently,you need to use a third-part iOS Data Erasr tool.

As we all know,the simple "Delete" is not enough, and "Erase All Content and Settings" doesn't really delete data, because some iphone data recovery can get them back.However,we must to use a professional iPhone Data Erasr tool.Here,I recommed every one a powerful and useful iPhone data erasr software,which allows you delete data from iPhone permanently.

iPhone Data Eraser is designed to delete iPhone data thoroughly and what’s worth mentioning is that those deleted iPhone data cannot be recovered any more. It wins a lot of applauses with this extraordinary feature. So you can sell your old iPhone with a peaceful mind after you have deleted all your provide information with the help of iPhone Data Eraser.

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Ignore these spammers trying to sell something that is not needed.

The erase all contents and settings option on the iPhone and iPad is a secure erase, so don't waste your money.

efore iOS 7 I NEVER searched internet for "how to do ... on iPhone ?". Now it's my third time when I cannot find a function to delete all messages on iPhone, that should be and was obvious in previous versions of iOS. To Erase iPhone Contacts, SMS and Photo Permanently,you must to use a iPhone data eraser software.

This use guide about how to deleted iPhone contacts, message:  Erase all messages from iPhone permanently.

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