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SamuelSamson
Jan 14, 2025Iron Contributor
Do factory reset delete everything off Android Samsung galaxy?
I'm using a Samsung Galaxy S21. Recently, my phone has been getting slower and slower, so I want to clean it up by factory resetting it. But the problem is that there are a lot of important photos, c...
Nobel_Baynes
Jan 14, 2025Iron Contributor
As far as I know, factory reset does delete everything from Android phone but the deleted data is still recoverable. This is very dangerous if the phone felt into the wrong hands. To permanently remove all data from Android data, you need to erase the data in a secure way. Here is a nice tutorial that demonstrates all the details: https://www.sandeski.com/delete-everything-on-android-permanently
P.S. Make a backup first before deleting the data!