How to force a factory reset or hard reset on Dell devices

Force restore, also called “hard reset” of an Dell brand device is necessary when the device does not turn on, shows an error or does not respond and it is not possible to reset it from the device settings.

Keep in mind that force restoring an Dell device will erase everything on it and you need to know the passkey to be able to turn it back on even after force restoring.

Use the search engine or browse through the list to find your device among the 16 devices and get the steps to do a hard reset.

Dell Mini 3iX Dell Mini 3iX
Dell Aero Dell Aero
Dell Streak Dell Streak
Dell Flash Dell Flash
Dell Smoke Dell Smoke
Dell XCD28 Dell XCD28
Dell XCD35 Dell XCD35
Dell Venue Dell Venue
Dell Streak 7 Wi-Fi Dell Streak 7 Wi-Fi
Dell Streak 7 Dell Streak 7
Dell Streak 10 Pro Dell Streak 10 Pro
Dell Venue 7 Dell Venue 7
Dell Venue 7 8 GB Dell Venue 7 8 GB
Dell Venue 8 Dell Venue 8
Dell Venue 8 7000 Dell Venue 8 7000
Dell Venue 10 7000 Dell Venue 10 7000