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How to Factory Reset a Samsung Phone without Password

By Achilles Hill | Last Updated

If you are going to factory reset a Samsung phone, you will lose all personal data and settings. Generally, it requires you to enter the screen password for confirmation. What if you forgot the Samsung pattern lock, pin code or passwords? How can you factory reset a Samsung phone that is locked? This article will show you how to factory reset a Samsung Phone without password.

how to factory reset Samsung phone

Way 1—Reset a Locked Samsung Phone with Android Password Genius

If you are locked out of Samsung phone and want to get into the locked phone again, you can easily perform a factory reset with Android phone unlocker. iSunshare Android Password Genius can help you to reset the locked Samsung phones without a password no matter your phone is signed in with a Samsung account or Google account. It is compatible with all Samsung Galaxy series.

Step 1: Launch iSunshare Android Password Genius on your computer. And choose Unlock Screen Lock option.

storage of system ui

Step 2: On Unlock Screen Lock screen, just go to click on the Start button to continue.

click Start

Step 3: Connect your Samsung phone that is locked to the computer. After that, the device model will be detected automatically. You can hit on the Start button to download the data package for your phone.

click Start again

Step 4: Follow the on-screen instructions to remove the screen lock. Minutes later, your phone is reset to factory settings with all previous data loss.

remove screen lock successfully

Way 2—Factory Reset a Samsung Phone That is Locked via Find My Mobile

If you have signed into a Samsung account on your phone and Find My Mobile feature is enabled, you can take advantage of this feature to remotely factory reset the locked Samsung phone. Of course, you need to make sure that the locked Samsung phone is connected to a stable network. During this process, the correct Samsung account and password is needed.

Step 1: Get an accessible device, a computer or mobile phone or tablet, open a browser and then head to Samsung FindMyMobile website. Sign into with the Samsung account which is used in the locked Samsung Galaxy phone. You might need to finish Two-step verification before logging in.

sign in Find My Mobile

Step 2: Select your locked Samsung phone from the device list. After that, click on Erase data option among the device menu.

click Erase data

Step 3: A warning box comes to ask for your confirmation. Go to hit on Erase to begin resetting your Samsung phone to factory settings.

click Erase

Minutes later, you can check the Phone data erased successfully message. At the same time, your Samsung phone restarts on. You can set it up with a new password now.

Way 3—Perform a Reset on a Samsung Phone via Google Find My Device

This solution is similar to the second one. The only difference is that you need to have a Google account logged in your Samsung phone before it is locked. Now let’s dive in.

Step 1: Go to this website on any browser on any device. Then sign into the Google account which is activated on your Samsung phone.

Step 2: In no time, you can see the locked device. And you need to choose the ERASE DEVICE option on the left menu.

click ERASE DEVICE

Step 3: Yes, it tells that all data will be permanently erased from this device. Just click ERASE DEVICE and then the Erase button to confirm.

click ERASE DEVICE

Step 4: The erasing process begins. At last, your Samsung phone turns on without any screen lock.

Way 4—Force Samsung Phone to Factory Reset via Buttons

If all buttons work on your Samsung phone, you can force Samsung phone to factory reset using the buttons on your device. But you should pay attention that the Samsung phone will ask for your Google account information after the phone is reset by buttons if your Google account is in used on the phone. So make sure you know the Google account as well as its password.

Step 1: Power off the Samsung phone and connect it to a computer via a USB cable.

Step 2: Enter the recovery mode with button combination.

put Samsung phone into recovery mode

Step 3: When the Samsung phone successfully enter Android recovery menu, you need to choose Wipe data/factory reset option using the Volume up and Volume down buttons. After the selection, you can press the Power button to continue.

Step 4: Utilize the Volume up or Volume down button to make a selection on Yes, and then Factory data reset option. Press the Power button to go ahead.

Step 5: Your Samsung phone is on wiping data. Wait for minutes until you see Data wipe complete at the bottom of the screen. Then choose Reboot system now and press Power button. In no time, your Samsung phone powers on. Now you can set it up as the first time you got it.

factory reset Samsung phone in recovery mode

Tips—How to Factory Reset A Samsung Phone with Password

Now that you learned 4 ways to reset a Samsung phone when it is locked, do you want to know how to reset it with the screen password? It is much easier to make it done on your Samsung phone. Let’s have a check.

Step 1: Unlock your Samsung phone with the password. Then switch to your app menus. Tap Settings> General management> Reset.

Step 2: On Reset screen, there are multiple options to reset your Samsung phone. Choose Factory data reset to go ahead.

Access factory data reset

Step 3: On Factory data reset screen, you can view the data that will be erased. Go to tap the Reset button on the bottom and you will be asked to enter the screen lock PIN/pattern/password. At last, tap Delete all button to perform resetting the Samsung phone.

tap Delete all

Conclusions:

If you find the Samsung phone is locked and you forgot the password, it is a good choice to factory reset the Samsung phone if you have backed up the data. In this article, you can learn 4 solutions to reset Samsung phone without a password. iSunshare Android Password Genius is highly recommended as it does not need Samsung/Google account on the locked phone. You just need a Windows computer to perform the factory reset.

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