How to Factory Reset Amazon Echo Devices
Try this instead of using a hammer
Smart assistants like the Amazon Echo are incredibly useful devices, but they are also potential privacy concerns. When you give away or sellyour smart assistant, you can’t just reset it on your phone. You need to perform a hard reset that willcompletely erase your data,not only to protect your personal information, but also to ensure the proper operation of the device for all future users.
Even if you don’t intend to sell the device, there are times when your Echo might stop working or freeze. A factory reset will resolve most issues. The thing to remember is that different devices require different methods to perform a hard reset, but it isn’t difficult to pull off.
Here’s how to reset some of the most common Amazon Echo devices.
How to Reset Amazon Echo Dot (3rd Gen)
The third-generation Amazon Echo Dot is one of the most popular smart devices out there. The third-generation Echo Dot has more than 257,000 reviews on Amazon alone and hundreds, if not thousands more are sold each day.
As a result, people most commonly want to know how to reset the Amazon Echo Dot, either to sell it or to fix problems. The good news? It’s easy.
How To Reset Amazon Echo Show 5 & Echo Show 8
The Amazon Echo Show was the first display-driven Echo device, but it didn’t catch on for a variety of reasons. The Echo Show 5 and Echo Show 8, on the other hand, are much more popular.
Recent Black Friday sales on the Echo Show 5 made it one of the best-selling Echo devices on all of Amazon, but users soon discovered that resetting the Amazon Echo Show differed greatly from non-display Echo devices.
The same process works for the Amazon Echo Show 8, too.
How To Reset Amazon Echo (3rd Gen)
The base model of the Amazon Echo is easy to reset. The process is similar to that with the Echo Dot third-generation.
How To Reset Amazon Echo Plus (2nd Gen)
If you’re a fan of great audio quality in your smart assistant, you might have the Amazon Echo Plus. It’s the Echo’s bigger cousin with sound to match. Thankfully, performing a factory reset is just as easy as the rest of the devices.
A Note On Resetting First-Get Devices
Every device on this list has been second-generation and later because those are the devices most commonly in use. It wasn’t until the second generations of each device that smart assistants began to catch on. Later generations have more features and therefore more appeal to customers.
The first generations of the Echo Dot, the Echo, and the Echo Plus all have reset buttons that require a paper clip to press. Find this button, usually in a small hole near the base or on the bottom of the device, and press it quickly. Once you do, wait for the light to turn off and back on again. When it does, the device will have been reset.
The first generation Echo Show and Echo Spot are reset in the same way as the Echo Show 5, but you can also press down the mute and Volume Down buttons for fifteen seconds until the Amazon logo appears on the display.
If your devices begin to freeze or just don’t work properly, do a hard reset. It can straighten out any problems before Alexa goes HAL-9000 on you. Make sure you also perform a reset before you sell a discard an old device. In the modern age of cybersecurity, you can’t be too safe.
Patrick is an Atlanta-based technology writer with a background in programming and smart home technology. When he isn’t writing, nose to the grindstone, he can be found keeping up with the latest developments in the tech world and upping his coffee game.Read Patrick’s Full Bio
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