How to completely delete all data on my iPhone 6?

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westdinzo Posts 3 Registration date Thursday 15 December 2016 Status Member Last seen 27 December 2016 - 15 Dec 2016 à 02:54
vectoroo2 Posts 3 Registration date Thursday 17 August 2017 Status Member Last seen 24 August 2017 - 24 Aug 2017 à 08:31
I have a lot of private photos on my iPhone 6 and now I am planning to sell it. Before doing that, I need to wipe the iPhone so the photos can't be seen by others. Please tell me what to do. thanks

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Bntert Posts 1 Registration date Thursday 22 December 2016 Status Member Last seen 26 December 2016
26 Dec 2016 à 20:58
If you no longer use iphone 6 device.

Ask the new owner to erase all content and settings to wipe your data.

If you're using iCloud and Find My iPhone on the device, sign in to iCloud.com or the Find My iPhone app on another device, select the device, and click Erase.

After the device has been erased, click Remove from Account.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201351
or try some paid software to wipe your iphone private data like safewiper, it's not free, but trail version allows you wipe 50 files.
https://www.safewiper.com/tutorials/erase-photos-from-iphone-before-selling.html

hope it works.
westdinzo Posts 3 Registration date Thursday 15 December 2016 Status Member Last seen 27 December 2016
27 Dec 2016 à 07:24
cool, thanks for the suggestion
xpcman Posts 19528 Registration date Wednesday 8 October 2008 Status Contributor Last seen 15 June 2019 1,824
15 Dec 2016 à 17:33
This is what Apple says:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201351
westdinzo Posts 3 Registration date Thursday 15 December 2016 Status Member Last seen 27 December 2016
26 Dec 2016 à 20:44
This won't work. The screen keeps flashing and no data being erased after reboot
AaronTaylor Posts 9 Registration date Friday 10 March 2017 Status Member Last seen 15 March 2017 1
10 Mar 2017 à 02:25
Hi westdinzo,

Generally, we are suggested to reset our iPhone to factory settings before we sell it. You can go to "Settings > General > Reset > Erase All Content and Settings". And everything will be removed from your iPhone 6 then.

But one of my friend working in Apple told me that reset is not a safe way. In other words, it is still possible to recover. He suggested me to consider third-party data eraser to make it.

The one I used to wipe my old iPhone 5 is iMyFone iOS Eraser, you can take it for reference. It can completely erase all data from iPhone and it is unrecoverable then. Have a shot.
vectoroo2 Posts 3 Registration date Thursday 17 August 2017 Status Member Last seen 24 August 2017
24 Aug 2017 à 08:31
Generally, people tend to make a "factory reset" by going to "Settings > General > Reset > Erase All Content and Settings".
However, that's not safe enough. Someone can still retrieve your personal data by using a third party recover software.
Just as AaronTaylor said, you can try iMyFone iOS Eraser(also called iMyFone Umate Pro)
http://static.ccm2.net/ccm.net/pictures/MGefMVLMIdkd8R7l2Vgcsw9xnS5jK82OBskHHWunRcaaayPNyhEny1LFIQ32FlKl-guide-win-6.png

Choose "Erase All Data" mode, all your data will be deleted permanently.
Hope it helps!