TUTORIAL: How to Format your Android Tablet | droiders

At some point, you may need to delete all the information on your tablet, to leave it in its initial state, like when it first came to you from the store. For this, it is always useful to know how to format a tablet.

But, of course, since it is a very computer term, some may wonder, can a tablet be formatted? Yes, you can format/reset an Android tablet, with Windows or with any other operating system. As long as a device has an operating system and software, it is possible to format it.

But hey, let’s not delay any longer: Let’s get down to business with our content, and let’s see everything that has to do with formatting a tablet.

What happens if I reset my Android tablet?

In other words, what does it mean to reset or format a tablet?

Formatting a tablet generally refers to doing the factory reset or factory reset, to clean the device of all kinds of information and applications that we have copied or installed on it, during the time that we have used it.

This can be done for several reasons:

• Because your tablet has become very slow, and you want to eliminate any error (bug) or virus that could be causing it.
• Well, you are going to give it away or sell it, and you do not want to leave any personal information.
• Your tablet has been locked and does not allow you to access your session, so formatting it could be the way to factory restore a locked Android tablet and be able to access it.

Anyway, whatever your reasons for this, the most important thing is that first of all:

make a backup of your datato avoid losing those that are inside the internal memory of the tablet.

Remember that you can do this save on the SD card installed in your device, since during a format, it is only intended to restore factory data, not delete the information stored in external memories.

To help make backup easier, there are several apps in the Play Store that can help you, such as: Google One, MyBackup either Backup.

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Many users have numerous questions about “how to reset my tablet”, and although it is true that the procedure may vary depending on the operating system, generally if you can access the settings menu of your tablet, this process will not have major complications :

1. Format an Android tablet from Settings

As we told you, if you can access the Settings menu of your tablet, simply follow the following steps. As you may have noticed, we give you examples of some brands, so you can see that although the names of the menus change, the result is always the same:

To format Samsung tablet:

1. Enter to “Settings / General management / Reset / Factory data reset” .
2. In the next menu, you will be given the option to back up to an SD card or USB flash drive via Smart Switch. If you haven’t already, now is a good time.
3. Finally press “Restore” and the device will do the rest.

For :

1. Enter to “Settings/Backup and Reset/Factory data reset.”
2. Tap on the “Restore” and that simple the process will begin.

To format Huawei tablet:

1. Enter to “Settings/System/Reset/Factory data reset“
2. In the next menu, check the box “Clear internal memory” (if you already saved photos, music and other data you may have on it) and press “Restore“.

2. Format Android tablet with Hard Reset

You may have already heard of a way to format a tablet with the buttons, which could be very useful when you can’t access the settings or the screen keeps locked, at which point you ask yourself the million dollar question: “How do I reset my tablet?”

Well, this is how it would be in this case:

1. Turn off your tablet completely, or let the battery run out completely.
2. Then press the buttons “volume +” and “Switched on” at the same time. Depending on the brand of the device, it can also be “Volume –” and “Switched on“.
3. Once the logo of the brand of your tablet appears, stop pressing the Power button, but keep the Volume button pressed.
4. When the recovery system menu appears, under the Android logo, you can already release the remaining button.
5. In this system menu you will use the buttons “Volume +/-” to go up and down, while the “Switched on” will help you select the option you want.
6. Scroll down until you find the option “Wipe Data/Factory Reset” and select the same with the power button.
7. It is finally time to wait for your tablet to restart to its factory state.

How to reset a tablet from the computer?

If none of the above options is possible, given the state of your tablet. Perhaps you are looking for how to format Android tablet using a PC. In this case, we have two options for you, which will depend on the use you have given to your tablet, so pay attention to the requirements:

3. Format tablet with Android Device Manager

To use , which is a Google service, you must have started your tablet with your Gmail account at least once, the same to access the Play Store as any of the services offered by the Internet giant.

If that is the case, then we will explain how to hard reset a tablet from the PC. Of course, the tablet must be turned on and connected to the Internet:

1. Access Android Device Manager from the Google browser on your computer and log in with your gmail.
2. Immediately, you will see all the devices with which you have logged in to your Google account.
3. Select your tablet and then “Enable Lock & Erase/ Completely Wipe the Data“.
4. Once this last option is selected and the action is confirmed, the program will complete the process itself.

4. Format tablet using Universal ADB Helper

If you are looking for a program to reset Android tablet from PC, with the latter connected via USB, you can use *.

To use this option, it is necessary that your device has activated the “USB debugging“within”Developer Options“:

1. Access the tool’s website and download Android ADB Helper.
2. Also download , as you will need the drivers for your Android tablet on the PC.
3. Install both programs, and then connect the tablet to your PC via USB.
4. Enter Universal ADB Helper.
5. If a notification appears on your tablet alerting you to debugging, allow it. Likewise, it allows File Transfer, in case the device gives you several interaction options with the PC.
6. A menu with several options will appear in the program, among which you will have to type the number of the one that corresponds to “Factory Reset via fastboot” (in the version we have downloaded, it is found in menu 2, option #16).
7. Once the number is entered, press “Enter” and let the program do the rest.

It is interesting to note that this software also allows you to remove the password or pattern from your device, in case that is the reason you cannot access it.

* We have put links to the Malavida and Freedownloadmanager websites to download these programs. If you want you can check the trustworthiness of these sites with .

***Bonus***

How to reset a tablet with Windows operating system?

Of course, a Windows tablet can also be reset from the settings, but it provides other options:

1. Go into tablet settings, to the Update and Security section.
2. Then select the Recovery menu, click and the option to Reset the PC will appear.
3. Check the option of not deleting the data during formatting, if you did not make a backup, and finally click on the corresponding button to start the process.

We hope we have helped you to format your tablet without mishaps, but if the problem for which you did it still persists, or you have not been able to get your equipment to work, we recommend that you go to a specialized workshop.

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