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

Force restore, also called “hard reset” of an Huawei 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 Huawei 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 436 devices and get the steps to do a hard reset.

Huawei MatePad 11.5 S Huawei MatePad 11.5 S
Huawei Pura 70 Huawei Pura 70
Huawei Pura 70 Pro Huawei Pura 70 Pro
Huawei Pura 70 Pro+ Huawei Pura 70 Pro+
Huawei Pura 70 Ultra Huawei Pura 70 Ultra
Huawei nova 12i Huawei nova 12i
Huawei nova 12 SE Huawei nova 12 SE
Huawei nova 12s Huawei nova 12s
Huawei nova Y72 Huawei nova Y72
Huawei Enjoy 70z Huawei Enjoy 70z
Huawei Pocket 2 Huawei Pocket 2
Huawei nova 12 Lite Huawei nova 12 Lite
Huawei nova 12 Huawei nova 12
Huawei nova 12 Pro Huawei nova 12 Pro
Huawei nova 12 Ultra Huawei nova 12 Ultra
Huawei nova 11 SE Huawei nova 11 SE
Huawei MatePad Pro 11 (2024) Huawei MatePad Pro 11 (2024)
Huawei Enjoy 70 Huawei Enjoy 70
Huawei Watch GT 4 Huawei Watch GT 4
Huawei Mate X5 Huawei Mate X5

Questions and problems from users about "Force restore on Huawei devices"

Ngonidzashe - 07/05/2024 03:26

My Huawei y7 prime 2019 stuck up when it shut off due to power then i tryed to charge it when it lights up it displays 3 options the firstly is Reboot system now.
Secondly is wipe data/factory reset.
Thirdly is wipe cache partion. I tried all these steps but nothing worked