How to Factory Reset Your PlayStation 4 Complete Guide

If you intend to sell your PlayStation 4, here’s how to reset it by deactivating your PSN account and deleting each of the console files to set it back into factory condition.

There is only a couple of information you need to do to wipe your PlayStation 4 completely. You first want to deactivate your PSN account from the console so that the new owner can log in using his account, and when you’ll want to completely clean everything off the hard drive, which will fix the software back within a state just like it was if you head pulled the PS4 out of the box for the first time.

Have you remained in a summary of no return, where you believe there is no other way than starting afresh? Well, I have, and I know you have too, although it might not include a PS4 console. Well, before we begin, I think you ought to know that resetting your PS4 console will completely wipe the disk drive of your console and likewise remove its system software, taking it back to its factory settings. Resetting a PS4 is convenient when your console has a problem or refused to boot up or when you want to begin again by deleting all the information in it.

How to Factory Reset Your PlayStation 4 Complete Guide

Method 1: Deactivate Your PSN Account

Deactivating your PSN account of your PS4 won’t fully delete your PSN account–it’ll just disassociate your account with that specific PS4. It’s sort of related to turning off Find My iPhone and signing out of iCloud on an iPhone that you’re selling.

Of the main screen on your PS4, hit “Up” on the controller and you’ll see your latest notifications.

• Hit “Right” on your controller to you get to “Settings”. Select it.

• Scroll down and choose “PlayStation Network/Account Management”.

• Choose “Activate as Your Primary PS4”.

• At the next screen, “Deactivate” might be grayed out, which technically indicates your account is already deactivated, however to make completely sure that is, you can activate it and then deactivate. There have done many stories where sellers think both deactivated their account, without the new owner couldn’t log in because this seller’s account was but on anywhere, then double-check this with select “Activate” on this screen.

• Click “OK” when it’s done.

• Choose “Activate as Your Primary PS4” again.

• Choose “Deactivate”.

• At the next screen, choose “Yes” to confirm this action.

• Click “OK” when it’s done.

• The PS4 will restart, so you’ll want to press the PS button on the controller to get back to the main menu.

• After that, choose your user account (which is different than a PSN account).

• Of there, you’ll be taken back to the main menu.

Method 2: Wipe Your PS4

Now that your PSN account is deactivated on your PS4, you can delete the console, which will delete everything of it and put it back within factory condition.

• Of the main menu on your PS4, hit “Up” on the controller and you’ll see your latest notifications.

• Hit “Right” on your controller to you go to “Settings”. Select it.

• Scroll all the process down and choose “Initialization”.

• Select “Initialize PS4”.

• You’ll have two choices: “Quick” or “Full”. A Quick initialization is just that–it instantly wipes all of the data, but not very securely. Then someone with specialized software could recover any of that data.

• A Complete initialization wipes all of the data securely and prevents anyone else from recovering the data. This process can take several hours, though. It’s best to select the Full initialization.

• Once you select one, select “Initialize” to confirm the action.

• Then, hit “Yes” at the next screen to confirm again.

• Your PS4 will reboot and the method will begin. Repeatedly, this will take at least a couple of hours, even if it says there’s less time remaining at the beginning.

• Next it’s complete, the setup guide will show up on the screen, where it requires you to connect to your PS4 controller to the console utilizing a USB cable.

By this point, you can turn off the console with pressing the power button on the PS4 unit until it beeps. Of there, unplug it, pack it up, and prepare it for selling.