How to Complete Delete Data on Your iPhone

"I'm selling my iPhone 4S so that I could purchase a new iPhone 5 when I move to the US for college. How do I ensure that it is completely wipe iPhone personal data (i.e. telephone contacts, pictures, etc.) before I turn it over to a new owner? If anyone provides me the useful methods, I will be appreciated very much!" Asked by Tomy from answers.yahoo.

"The iPhone 5s has released to the public, which is equipped with more powerful features. You're ready to sell or trade your old one for the latest shiny version. Wait a second, your whole life is on that phone. You wouldn't want to just hand over your phone with all your e-mails, contacts, music, photos, videos, and other personal stuff on it, would you? How can delete data on iPhone permanently? " Asked by Alexy from Flickr.

For iPhone users who want to sell his iPhone might be hesitated when attempts to delete the data stored in his iPhone. How to delete the stored data? Will the entire data be deleted permanently? Yes. Is there any feasible way available to iPhone users to delete iPhone data? Absolutely yes.
iPhone iPad Data Eraser empowers iPhone users to delete the entire data stored in iPhone and make it sure that those deleted data cannot be recovered any longer. All the process of operating iPhone Data Eraser consists of 5 steps, about which you can get more detailed information at the following part.

Here you can download the free trial and have a try!
            


Attention: Before wiping your iPhone, please remember to backup your data on iPhone with iTunes, iCloud, iPhone Data Assistant or iPhone to PC Transfer, so that you can easily to restore them even after deleted all data from your iPhone. Please keep in mind that once erase your iPhone with iPhone Data Eraser, you can not recover any data on your iPhone even if using the most professional data recovery tool, including the iPhone iPad Data Recovery tool.

How to Permanently Delete Data from iPhone 5S/5C/5/4S/4/3GS
Step 1. Download iPhone Data Eraser on your computer

Step 2. Connect your iPhone to computer

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After connecting your iPhone to computer with a USB cable, your iPhone will be detected by iPhone Data Eraser automatically.

Step 3. Choose "Erase All Data on Device" in the window of program

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Notes: There are 3 different modes for you to choose to erase data permanently.

• Low (1 pass): erases your iDevice quicklyDelete data on your iPhone/iPad/iPod touch in seconds, which is very efficient and efficacious.
• Medium (2 passes): no trace of erasingThe medium mode leaves no trace of erasing when finishing the whole operation. At the same time of your erasing, this option provides two passes of random data to overwrite your existing and deleted data, to make sure that your data cannot be retrieved any more.
• High (3 passes): meets the DOD 5220 - 22 M standardThis high mode is the most secure data destruction option up to now. It writes over the data 3 times by using the DOD 5220 - 22 M standard. Even though it takes the longest time of the entire operation, it is the safest.

Step 4. Start to earse all data on your device now

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Notes: Make a list of all your accounts like iCloud, Dropbox. Pandora,etc. Stop them all from linking to your iPhone. Then take the SIM card out of your iPhone and get it ready for selling on eBay or other sale places.
Now you can freely trade the iPhone after finishing these easy steps. Don’t worry about personal information leaks. iPhone Data Eraser permanently wipes all personal data from the device and resetting system setting with just one click, which offers the most effective and safest data protection solution.

How to Permanently Delete Data Files From iPhone

Have to send your device back to the factory or retail store for a repair? You’re an environmentalist and wish to donate  your old mobile to a recycling program? You wish to prevent unauthorized access or unknown people from retrieving or viewing  sensitive data on your device? Therefore, you want to permanently delete all data on your iPhone before treatment.Now that  the common deletion is not enough. Apple only provide a hardware encryption to get your data locked instead of deleting it.  That's to say, with a powerful data recovery tool, the data still can be retrieved, and your personal data will be at risk of leaking. 

To permanently delete data from iPhone, iPad or iPod touch before you donate, resell, or trade it in, you have to use a 3rd  party wiping tool. iPhone Data Wiper is one of the most professional tools that allows you to 1 Click ultimate privacy  protection in order to prevent identity theft when disposing of your old iOS devices. With the help of this porgram, you can  complete erase includes contacts, messages, photos, apps, account info, videos, passwords and other personal data stored on  your iDevices and ensure that 100% nothing recoverable even if using the most professional data recovery software. What's  more, the program perfectly compatible with iPhone 5S/5C/5/4S/4/3GS, as well as iPad mini, iPad Air, iPad mini 2, iPod Touch  and more. In addition, jailbroken iPhone friendly and also compatible with carrier-locked iPhones.

            

One Click To Completely Delete All Your Personal Data On iPhone Safely

Step 1. Do backup your iPhone

Before you get started, please backup iPhone data to PC first. All data on your iPhone will be totally wiped and can't be retrieved. To get the messages deleted permanently, you can't restore iPhone from backup files (including iTunes and iCloud backups), or the deleted data will also be restored. The best way is to use a third-party tool, such as iPhone Data Assistant, to backup the data from your iPhone to the computer. You can put it back to your iPhone after the deleting.

backup iPhone to computer

Step 2. Connect your iPhone

Run the software. Connect your iPhone with a USB cable to the computer, you’ll see its main window as follows.

choose a wiping mode for your iPhone

Step 3. Choose a type of data erasing

Please choose the first type: "WIPE OVERALL" (the "ERASE DELETED FILES" type is not available yet)

Step 4. Start to delete all personal data on your iPhone

There are three levels of data erasing for your choice. You can directly use the default one (medium), which will overwrite  your iPhone with junk files to ensure that the files are not recoverable, and no one knows that you've deleted all data on  your iPhone. What they can recover from your iPhone are all junk files. Keep in mind that please don’t disconnect your  iPhone during the process. Or data on your iPhone will not be completely erased.

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