Are you looking for how to hard reset on Samsung Galaxy S6? Here we are sharing the way to reset your Galaxy S6. It’s good to reset your phone when you forget your passcode or are getting too many error messages. There is one important thing to do before performing factory reset on your smartphone. We recommend you to backup your data because hard resetting will erase all data and settings on your phone. If you have important data, please make a backup file before hard resetting.

Symptoms you might want to reset

  • Phone screen won’t turn on (Black Screen)
  • Freezes often
  • Getting an error message too often
  • Forgot the password to access

 

01. Please turn off your Galaxy S6 completely.

02. If your Galaxy S6 is turned off completely, Press and Hold Home + Volume Up + Power buttons at the same time until the Android robot appears. (You can release buttons if the Android robot appears on the screen.)

03. Now you are in Recovery Mode. Please select Wipe Data/Factory Reset. you can navigate to the option using the volume buttons and select it by the power button.

(Tips. We recommend you to perform soft reset first before factory resetting because soft reset won’t delete your data and setting. It just erases all caches. doesn’t affect to your data and personal settings. Wipe Cache Partition option means soft reset. Please select this option to perform soft reset.)

galaxy s6 factory reset

04. Once you choose the option, it will ask you to confirm to delete. Select Yes – Delete All User Data.

05. When all factory reset operation is done, Select Reboot System Now option. It will reboot the system and everything got reset to the default.

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