When you want to sell your iPhone or iPad, so it is extremely important that you have to remove sensitive data stored on it, if not, buyers unscrupulous may access your profile and your social media and financial information, or even your photos and videos, allowing them to browse through your own time or steal your identity to use it.
To remove an image from your iPhone.
Fortunately, it is very easy to completely wipe the iPad or iPhone, just follow the steps in this tutorial and the security of your data is secure. (We are using iOS 7 The process is almost identical in iOS 6 and earlier. There may be a little different.).
(Before we do this, we're going to back up our iPad Air in iTunes, since we only want to show the process and don't actually want it wiped. But you may wish to do this too, so you can set up your next device with the same settings and content - or just in case you change your mind… Recovery will be almost impossible, as we discuss below. To back up your iOS device, connect it to your Mac - or PC - and click the device's icon in iTunes. Then select Back Up Now, under the Backups section of the Summary tab.)
Let's get deleting! Open the Settings app and select General from the lefthand column. Scroll down and tap on Reset at the foot at the bottom of the page.
On the Reset page, you need to pick the second option down, 'Erase All Content and Settings'. When the dialogue box appears, click Erase (and type in your passcode if you’ve got one). There will be a short delay and then the iPad or iPhone will be wiped.
On the Reset page, you need to pick the second option down, 'Erase All Content and Settings'. When the dialogue box appears, click Erase (and type in your passcode if you’ve got one). There will be a short delay and then the iPad or iPhone will be wiped.
Data recovery: Is it possible to rescue data from a wiped iPhone or iPad?
Almost certainly not, which is why you need to be sure before using the above method. The data on an iOS device is automatically encrypted, and wiping the device destroys the encryption key, which makes it more or less impossible to get anything back when it's been fully erased and reset.In an emergency you could try speaking to someone at an Apple Genius Bar, but it's a long shot to say the least. (This applies to a full erase/reset, mind you - in other circumstances, such as data corruption, a malfunctioning device and so on, the experts may be able to help.) This also reinforces out frequent advice to back up regularly.
If the data on your iPhone is literally business-critical, governmental secrets etc then you may be paranoid enough to either use an app designed specifically for secure deletion - there's one called iShredder Free, which ironically costs £1.49, but we've not tried it and can't comment on its effectiveness - but you're probably better off not selling the device on at all. Smash it up with a hammer if you like.
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