factory settings
Out-of-box state
Factory settings are the original configuration of a device as it was when manufactured, before any user customization.
To restore factory settings or reset to factory settings is to erase all personal data and return a device to its out-of-the-box state—often a troubleshooting measure when software problems resist other fixes.
- clean slateRecord wiped clear
- blank slateUnmarked starting point
- fresh startOpportunity to restart unburdened
- rebootCycle power intentionally
- hard resetFull restoration to defaults
reset button · power cycle · firmware · preset · system restore · tabula rasa · back to square one · start from scratch · default · default mode · baseline · preferences · customization · preconfigured · out of the box · brand new · original state · user manual
- Industrial Imagerymachinery, factories, smokestacks, assembly lines, gears
- originalsoriginal, authentic, genuine, prototype, archetype
- labor fictionlabor strikes, labor movement, working class, labor, workers
- built-in featuresfirmware, built-in speakers, native apps, built-in flash
- starting freshfresh start, clean slate, blank slate, starting point, square one