How to Permanently Erase iPhone Contacts, Photos before Selling

Summary: Before selling your old iPhone and buying your new iPhone 12, you should delete your personal data before selling your old iPhone. How to permanently delete iPhone contacts, photos are not recoverable? In this article, you can back up your important files from iPhone to PC, and then permanently erase iPhone data without recovery.

With the much anticipated launch of the iPhone 12, you may consider selling your old iPhone for a new one. What worries you most about selling your old iPhone or trading it for a new one? Only get a better price? No, the most important thing is how to protect your personal information, especially the contacts and photos you keep on your old device. I'm surprised that most people simply delete data or factory reset. But are these data removal methods enough? Of course not! Before we sell the iPhone, we must permanently delete deleted and existing contacts and photos. Delete or restore just makes the data invisible and inaccessible. A simple iPhone data recovery program, such as IOS data recovery, can easily retrieve all deleted data.

Permanently Delete All Data on iPhone without Restoring it

IOS data eraser is undoubtedly one of the best data eraser tools, fully compatible with different IOS versions. It guarantees you a complete data deletion solution, which only means that no one can retrieve deleted data even with the most advanced data recovery program. This powerful program helps you erase iPhone / iPad data completely and permanently. It supports deleting types of data, including contacts, photos, videos, audio, messages, application data, document, call logs, other personal data and settings. It is suitable for all IOS devices, such as iPhone 12, iPhone 11, iPhone XS, iPhone XR / X / 8 / 7 / 6S / 6 / 5S / 5; iPad 4 / 3 / 2, iPad pro, ipad Mini, iPad air.

    

How to Permanently Delete Data on iPhone

In order to remove your data from your iPhone permanently, you can follow the instructions given as below:

Launch dr.fone on your computer and select Erase among all the modules.

Next, let's check how to use dr.fone - Erase (iOS) to completely erase iOS private data in steps.

Step 1. Connect your device to the computer

Plug your iPhone or iPad to the computer with a lightening cable. Tap on Trust on your iPhone/iPad screen to make sure the iPhone/iPad connects successfully.

When dr.fone recognizes your iPhone/iPad, it will display two options, Erase Full Data and Erase Private Data. Here we select Erase Private Data to continue.

Step 2. Scan the private data on your iPhone

To erase your private data on the iPhone, you need to scan the private data first. Click the "Start Scan" button to let the program scan your iPhone.

It will cost you some time. Just wait until you can see all the found private data in the scan result.

Step 3.Start erasing private data on your iPhone permanently

You can preview all the private data found in the scan result, such as photos, messages, contacts, call history and more. Select the data you want to erase, and click on the Erase from the Device button to start erasing them.

Since the erased data can't be recovered again, we can't be too careful to proceed the erasing. Enter "delete" in the box to confirm the erasing and click "Erase now".

When the private data erasure begins, you can take a cup of coffee and wait for its end. It takes you some time. Your iPhone/iPad will be restarted a few times during the process. Please don't disconnect your device to ensure a successful data erasure.

Once the process is complete, you will see an "Erase Completed" message on the window of the program.