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How To Erase Your Personal Data From Your iPhone



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Fri, 02/05/2010 - 2:28pm  (30 weeks 5 days ago)
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So you want to sell your iPhone on Craigslist, Ebay, or wherever, but you're worried about someone seeing your contacts, old pictures, etc.?

Here's a good way to make sure that no one will be able to retrieve your old data.

  • In iTunes, restore your iPhone
  • Be sure NOT to sync any personal data to it
  • Manually transfer 3 different playlists, big enough to fill the Iphone

Basically what you are doing is a an overwrite, 3 times. Get ready for it to take a long time, but your privacy is worth it, right?


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Fri, 02/05/2010 - 3:16pm  (30 weeks 5 days ago)
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Re: How To Erase Your Personal Data From Your iPhone

You can also try this

Go to Settings - General - Reset - Erase All Content and Settings

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