User's Guide

SellorgiveawayyouriPad
BeforeyousellorgiveawayyouriPad,seetheAppleSupportarticleWhattodobeforeyousell,give
away,ortradeinyouriPhone,iPad,oriPodtouch,andbesuretoperformthefollowingtasks:
BackupiPad.IfyoureplaceoneiPadwithanother,youcanusethesetupassistanttorestorethe
backuptoyournewiPad.
Eraseallcontentandsettingsthatcontainpersonalinformation.IfyoupreviouslyturnedonFind
MyforyouriPad,ActivationLockisremovedwhenyoueraseiPad,makingitreadyforanew
owner.
EraseiPad
Whenyoudeletedata,itʼsnolongeraccessiblethroughtheiPadinterface,butitisnʼterasedfrom
iPadstorage.Toremoveallofyourcontentandsettingsfromstorage,eraseiPad.Forexample,erase
iPadbeforeyousellitorgiveitaway.Ifyouwanttosaveyourcontentandsettings,backupiPad
beforeerasingit.
YoucaneraseiPadfromSettings .IfyouʼreunabletoopenSettings,youcanuseacomputerto
eraseiPad.
EraseallcontentandsettingsfromiPad
1. GotoSettings>General>Reset.
Ifyouʼreaskedtoenteryourpasscodeandyouʼveforgottenit,seeResetthepasscode.Ifyouʼre
askedtoenteryourAppleIDpasswordandyouʼveforgottenit,seetheRecoveryourAppleID
website.
2. TapEraseAllContentandSettings.
WheniPadrestartswithallcontentandsettingserased,youhavetheoptiontosetupiPadasnewor
restoreitfromabackup.SeeTurnonandsetupiPad.
UseacomputertoeraseallcontentandsettingsfromiPad
YoucanuseaMacorWindowsPCtoerasealldataandsettingsfromyouriPad,restoreiPadto
factorysettings,andinstallthelatestversionofiPadOS.Forexample,ifyoucanʼtopenSettings on
iPad,youcanusethisapproachtorestoreiPadtofactorysettings.
BeforeiPadiserased,youhavetheoptiontobackitup.Ifyoumakeabackup,youcanusethe
backuptorestoreyourdataandsettingsonyouriPadoronanewdevice.SeeRestoreiPadfroma
computerbackup.
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