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

Force restore, also called “hard reset” of an HP 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 HP 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 17 devices and get the steps to do a hard reset.

HP Slate 7 HP Slate 7
HP Slate7 Plus HP Slate7 Plus
HP Slate7 Extreme HP Slate7 Extreme
HP Slate10 HD HP Slate10 HD
HP Slate8 Pro HP Slate8 Pro
HP Slate6 VoiceTab HP Slate6 VoiceTab
HP Slate7 VoiceTab HP Slate7 VoiceTab
HP Slate7 VoiceTab Ultra HP Slate7 VoiceTab Ultra
HP 8 HP 8
HP 7 Plus HP 7 Plus
HP 7 VoiceTab HP 7 VoiceTab
HP 10 Plus HP 10 Plus
HP Slate6 VoiceTab II HP Slate6 VoiceTab II
HP Pro Slate 8 HP Pro Slate 8
HP Pro Slate 10 EE G1 HP Pro Slate 10 EE G1
HP Pro Slate 12 HP Pro Slate 12
HP Slate 17 HP Slate 17