How to Factory Reset your Samsung Galaxy S8 or S8 Plus

It has been over a year since Samsung launched the Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus. Both the smartphones now have successors, namely Galaxy S9 and S9+. The Galaxy S8 and S8+ recently received the Android 8.0 Oreo update in countries like India and UAE. If you are a Galaxy S8 user and facing some issues after the update you can go ahead and follow these steps to factory reset your smartphone.

Note that Factory Reset will erase all the data from your smartphone bringing it back to look fresh like you took it out of the box. Samsung smartphones also tend to get a bit slow overtime and a Factory Reset can definitely solve that too.

There are two methods to Factory Reset your Galaxy S8. In both the methods you will need to take a backup of all your important data.

How to Factory Reset Samsung Galaxy S8?

• First of all, you will need to backup all your important data to your computer or the Cloud.
• Head over to Settings > General Management > Reset

• Here tap on Factory Data Reset and then hit Reset

• You will need to enter your PIN, Pattern or Password (if any) to verify.
• Now just tap on the Delete All option and the Reset process will start
• After a couple of minutes, your Galaxy S8 will reboot and you will have a brand new Galaxy S8 in your hands (at least from the software side).

Also Read: Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+ now run on Android 8.0 Oreo, Here’s the full changelog

There is also another way to reset your Samsung Galaxy S8. To hard reset your Galaxy S8 you will need to enter into Recovery Mode. Also, we recommend removing your microSD card (if any) before starting with the Factory Reset procedure.

How to reset Samsung Galaxy S8? (Recovery Mode)

• Power off your Samsung Galaxy S8 by holding down the Power Button and tapping on Power off twice.
• Now enter Recovery Mode by holding down Volume Button + Bixby Button + Power Button at the same time for a few seconds. As soon as you see something on the screen, you can stop pressing the buttons.
• Now it will show a blue screen with "No Command" written. Don't panic, that's normal. Give it a couple of seconds to load.
• In the recovery mode, scroll down to "Wipe Data/Factory Reset" by using the Volume Down key and hit the Power Button
• Now confirm that by scrolling down to "Yes" and press the Power Button.