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

Force restore, also called “hard reset” of an Fossil 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 Fossil 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 13 devices and get the steps to do a hard reset.

Fossil Gen 6 (44mm) Fossil Gen 6 (44mm)
Fossil Gen 6 (42mm) Fossil Gen 6 (42mm)
Fossil Gen 5e (44mm) (42mm) Fossil Gen 5e (44mm) (42mm)
Fossil Gen 5e (42mm) Fossil Gen 5e (42mm)
Fossil Gen 5 Juliana Fossil Gen 5 Juliana
Fossil Gen 5 Garrett Fossil Gen 5 Garrett
Fossil Gen 5 Calyle Fossil Gen 5 Calyle
Fossil Gen 4 Venture Fossil Gen 4 Venture
Fossil Gen 4 Sport Fossil Gen 4 Sport
Fossil Gen 4 Explorist Fossil Gen 4 Explorist
Fossil Gen 3 Venture Fossil Gen 3 Venture
Fossil Gen 3 Sport Fossil Gen 3 Sport
Fossil Gen 3 Explorist Fossil Gen 3 Explorist