When your iPhone has so many glitches and runs laggy or you consider there's so much useless data, you can restore iPhone to factory settings. After a factory reset, you can restore your iPhone from backup, including iCloud Backup and iTunes Backup.

Those are two common situations where you need to restore your iPhone to different states. One is to erase your iPhone, and the other is to extract data from a backup. If you want to do either one of them, you can keep reading this post. It offers guides on how to restore your iPhone from iCloud and iTunes Backups or to factory settings.

Part 1: How to Restore iPhone from Backup

Generally, you can back up your iPhone to iCloud or iTunes and restore your iPhone from them. Please check how to restore your iPhone from iTunes Backup and iCloud Backup. But, you should make sure that you have ever backed up your iPhone to them or turned on iCloud Back Up. Otherwise, you have no iCloud or iTunes Backup, let alone restoring iPhone from them.

How to Restore iPhone Using iTunes or Finder

If you have ever backed up your iPhone with iTunes (on Windows) or Finder (on Mac), you can restore iPhone using iTunes on the computer where you backed up your iPhone.

Step 1. Connect your iPhone to your Windows or Mac computer. Launch iTunes or Finder. Wait for the program to recognize your iPhone.

Step 2. When Finder recognizes your iPhone, you can see your device on the left side and you just need to click on it. When iTunes recognizes your iPhone, a Device button will appear on the top left side, and you should click it.

Step 3. Now, you can restore iPhone from iTunes or Finder Backup with only one click:

on Windows iTunes: Locate the Summary tab and click the Restore Backup button to restore your iPhone and bring backup data. If you have ever set up an iTunes Backup password, you need to enter it.

on Mac Finder: When you have selected your iPhone, you just need to click the Restore Backup button to restore iPhone easily.

How to Restore iPhone from iCloud Backup

If you have ever backed up your iPhone with iCloud, you can use iCloud Backup to restore data to your iPhone. iCloud is a very versatile backup and restore service. You can restore your iPhone as a new device or restore iPhone from backup without erasing. You can choose your desired approaches below.

Restore iPhone as a New Device:

When you get a new iPhone or have factory reset an iPhone, you can restore it from iCloud backup during the setup process.

Step 1. Turn on your iPhone. You should see a Hello screen. Then, follow the on-screen guide to set up your iPhone. When it comes to the Transfer Your Apps & Data screen, you should choose From iCloud Backup.

Step 2. You should sign in to your iCloud account, which is also your Apple ID. Then, choose a backup from the backup list. Then, follow on-screen guides to continue. You will see your iPhone is restoring data from your iCloud Backup.

Restore iPhone from Backup Without Erasing:

Whether you restore iPhone using iTunes or from iCloud Backup when setting up the device, your iPhone will be or has been factory reset, which erases all data. How can you restore iPhone from backup without erasing? The iCloud app or web version can help you do that. However, it can only restore some specific data and files, not the entire backup. Anyway, you can check how to restore iPhone from backup without erasing in iCloud app or web version.

Step 1. Open the iCloud app or go to the official website. Then, log in to your iCloud account, which is also your Apple ID.

Step 2. Now, you are in your iCloud center. You should click the Apps button on the top right side and click the Data Recovery button.

Step 3. You can restore iPhone from backup without erasing. However, only data from Files, Bookmarks, Contacts, and Calendars can be recovered in this way. If you have desired files from those apps, you can choose this method.

Part 2: How to Restore iPhone to Factory Settings

If you want to erase your iPhone to factory settings, which is also to factory reset your iPhone, there are still reliable and official methods. the Settings app and iCloud Find and iTunes or FInder can help you do that easily. If your iPhone works well, you can use the Settings app. On the contrary, if your cannot unlock your iPhone, you can choose iCloud Find or iTunes or Finder.

Restore iPhone to Factory Settings in the Settings App

Step 1. Open the Settings app and tap the General button.

Step 2. Slide down to tap the Transfer or Reset iPhone button.

Step 3. In this window, you should tap Erase All Content and Settings. Then, follow the on-screen guide to restore your iPhone to factory settings easily.

Restore iPhone to Factory Settings with iCloud Find

If your iPhone cannot work, you can use this way to restore iPhone to factory settings while trying to fix the issues.

Step 1. Go to the official website of iCloud Find and log in to your iCloud account, which is also your Apple ID.

Step 2. Locate the All Devices tab. Then, select the iPhone you want to factory reset. Then, click the Erase button to restore the iPhone to factory settings remotely.

Note: This method will lock your iPhone with iCloud. you need to log in to your iCloud account, which is also your Apple ID, to remove iCloud Activation Lock.

Restore iPhone to Factory Settings with iTunes or Finder

Step 1. Connect your iPhone to your computer. Launch iTunes on Windows or Finder on Mac. Put your iPhone into Recovery Mode. It should be done when your iPhone is shut down.

iPhone 8 or later: Press and quickly release Volume Up, then Volume Down, then hold Power until you see the Connect to computer screen.

iPhone 7: Hold Volume Down and Power buttons until you see the Connect to computer screen.

iPhone 6s or earlier: Hold the Home and Power buttons.

Note: If you cannot put your iPhone into Recovery Mode following the guide below, that means your iPhone battery is severely dead or the device is severely damaged.

Step 2. On the computer, select Restore when prompted. Your iPhone will be erased and restored to factory settings.

Part 3: How to Recover Data When You Have No Backup for iPhone

How can you restore data to iPhone without erasing? Whether you want to recover data after a factory reset or fail to restore desired data from iCloud or iTunes Backups, you can use Apeaksoft iPhone Data Recovery to bring back your desired files. It can scan your iPhone and retrieve all data and files, even if you haven't backed them up. It works on a factory reset iPhone and permanently deletes files. You can easily recover your desired photos, videos, contacts, notes, and all other files you want.

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