Dictionary

factory reset en · NOUN

Etymology

So called because such a reset would revert a device back to its original state, as it would have been when it was assembled in a factory.

Meanings

1. A process that restores an electronic device to its factory setting by erasing all user data and personalized configurations.
   • Even so, Ms. Rogers contended that Ms. Patterson’s guilt was apparent in the various layers of deception in which she’d engaged[…]. She also forced a factory reset on her phone multiple times, according to testimony. 2025 July 7, Victoria Kim, Livia Albeck-Ripka, “Erin Patterson Is Found Guilty of Murder in Australia Mushroom Poisoning Case”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
   • A factory reset returns your Android device to “out of the box” condition. It deletes all user data and settings. 2014, Mark Edward Soper, The PC and Gadget Help Desk, Que Publishing, →ISBN, page 590:

Forms

Coordinates

powerwash

Synonyms

hard reset · master reset

Translations (1)

pl przywrócenie ustawień fabrycznych (process that restores an electronic device to its factory settings)

factory reset en · VERB

Etymology

So called because such a reset would revert a device back to its original state, as it would have been when it was assembled in a factory.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To perform a factory reset of (a device).

Forms

Translations (17)

nl fabrieksherstel (full restore of an electronic device) · cmn 返廠 /返厂 (full restore of an electronic device) · ru сброс до заводски́х настро́ек (full restore of an electronic device) · pl przywracać ustawienia fabryczne (full restore of an electronic device) · ka ქარხნული პარამეტრების დაბრუნება (full restore of an electronic device) · el εργοστασιακές ρυθμίσεις (full restore of an electronic device) · pl przywrócić ustawienia fabryczne (full restore of an electronic device) · es restablecimiento de fábrica (full restore of an electronic device) · fi tehdasasetusten palautus (full restore of an electronic device) · cmn 恢復出廠設置 /恢复出厂设置 (full restore of an electronic device) · vi khôi phục cài đặt gốc (full restore of an electronic device) · ko 공장 초기화 (full restore of an electronic device) · ka ქარხნული პარამეტრების აღდგენა (full restore of an electronic device) · cmn 返廠維修 /返厂维修 (full restore of an electronic device) · nl fabrieksreset (full restore of an electronic device) · de Werksreset (full restore of an electronic device) · fr retour aux paramètres d'usine (full restore of an electronic device)