How to Set up Used iPad for New User

Updated Apr 10,2018 | by Admin

How to set up used iPad for new user? You may ask it when you prepare to give your own iPad to new owner or when you try to overcome some problem that rebooting iPad won’t solve. There is much private information on your iPad, including personal photos, videos, messages, and contacts. To protect privacy, before you hand over your iPad to new user, you have to set up iPad to the factory default settings to return it to the states when you bought it. But how to set up used iPad for new user? Here, we will give you a detail guide on how to reset used iPad which is essential if you need to wipe the data on it.

How to Set up Used iPad for New User

You can prevent privacy leak by making sure all content and data are wiped from iPad. Before beginning, remember to turn off Find My iPad, or you can’t move on to the reset process.

OK, let’s see how to set up iPad for new user.

Step 1: go to Settings > General>Reset

Step 2: Tap “Erase All Content and Settings” which will erase all data and setting on your iPad.

Notes: If you just have some problems that rebooting can’t solve, you can tap “Reset All Settings” first. It will leave data such as music, photo, contacts but delete the preference setting. 

Step 3: To confirm that you really intend to remove all data and setting on iPad, iPad will ask twice. (If you have passcode lock on the iPad, you will need to enter it).

Step 3: Waiting a few minutes till the screen shows “Hello”

Now, all of the data on iPad have been erased and the iPad has returned to the factory default. If you intend to sell it to someone, the iPad is ready to be sold.

But there is one thing you should pay attention to before you reset your iPad: Backed up all iPad data you suppose to keep. Because reset process will completely wipe your device and data on it can never be found back. We offer you two ways to backup your iPad data to Windows PC.

How to Backup iPad Data to PC

Firstly, we suggest you use IOTransfer to sync data to PC. IOtransfer is a one-click powerful iDevice manager.

Following the steps below to backup your precious data including music, photos and so on.

Step 1: Free download IOTransfer and install it on your Windows 10/8.1/8/7.

Step 2: Connect your iDevice to PC via USB cable and run IOTransfer. (Tap on ‘Trust’ if it asks for permission).

Step 2: You will see icons like Photos, Music, Videos, and Contacts. Click “Transfer to PC”, then IOTransfer will back up all of these data to PC.

With IOTransfer, only one click and your data will be moved to PC safely and quickly. By the way, IOTransfer has many other cool features. For example, save Youtube videos to iPad and transfer music from PC to iPad.

You can also save data with iCloud:

Go to Settings > iCloud > Backup 

See the last backup time. If you haven't done a backup recently, you can tap the Back Up Now button.     

While if you intend to give your iPad to your child or parents, you may have something else to do: Reactivate iPad. Check the following content to know how to reactivate your iPad.

Part 3: How to Reactivate Used iPad

Step 1. Turn on your iPad and slide to set up.

Step 2. Pick up your language and country.

Step 3. Choose a Wi-Fi network.

Step 4. Choose to enable “Location Services” or disable “Location Services”.

Step 5. Set up Touch ID and create a passcode. (You need to set up a six- or four- digit passcode which is also the passcode of Touch ID and Apple Pay).

Step 7. Move data to iPad.

To restore data, iPad provides two choices: iTunes or iCloud. But for you, you may just want to restore a few music, apps or videos that suit for your child or parents. It’s very complicated to restore a few songs or videos with iTunes or iCloud. In this situation, we recommend you use IOTransfrer. IOTransfer is a powerful iPad manager which can help you transfer music, videos, and photos easily. There are a lot of things IOTransfer can do for you:

Step 1: Transfer videos from PC to iPad

Step 2: Save contacts from windows to iPad

Step 3: Sync music and photos to iPad

Step 4: Clean your iPad and make it run like new

With IOTransfer, you can select music or videos as you prefer and restore them to iPad for your family members. Setting up used iPad for new user would be quite easy if you got IOTransfer to help you backup and restore data on iPad.

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