How to Factory Reset Google Pixel 7

This post will walk you through restoring the newest Google Pixel smartphone to its factory default state. Here’s a quick guide to restore all default settings on the Google Pixel 7.

The entire reset process may take several minutes to complete depending on the amount of data to wipe or erase. That said, you will have to wait patiently. Also do not do anything on your phone that may interrupt the reset process. An interrupted reset may result in fatal system errors due to corrupted data fragments. 

The phone may likewise instigate a series or automatic system reboots to apply all recent system changes. After the final reboot, your phone will launch the Home screen. By then, you can start configuring your device settings and set everything up as new. Expect your device to look and work like the first time you power it up from the box.

As for your backup files, you can restore any of them from your backup drive or storage device individually or simultaneously, if supported.

Performing a factory reset is usually recommended when dealing with fatal system errors and recurring performance issues such as frequent lags, unresponsive apps, system crashes and random system restarts (boot loops).

The above steps are only applicable if the phone is responsive. To factory reset a frozen or unresponsive Google Pixel 7, you will need to do the alternative (hard reset) via Android recovery mode.

And that’s how to restore all default settings (factory reset) via settings on the Google Pixel 7 smartphone.