How to Factory Reset an Amazon Fire TV
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Introduction
If you are troubleshooting your Amazon Fire TV and have exhausted all repair steps or you are giving it away to someone else, it may be necessary to perform a factory reset to get you through the initial setup process again.
This guide will take you through that process.

1 How to Factory Reset
Resetting your device to its factory settings erases all accounts, and saved settings.
- From the main Fire TV menu go to Settings.
- Then go to Device.
- And choose Reset to Factory Defaults.
- Confirm your decision by selecting Reset.
- The Fire TV device will be reset to factory defaults then restarted.
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YesNoIf you are troubleshooting your Amazon Fire TV and have exhausted all repair steps or you are giving it away to someone else, it may be necessary to perform a factory reset to get you through the initial setup process again.
This guide will take you through that process.

Resetting your device to its factory settings erases all accounts, and saved settings.
- From the main Fire TV menu go to Settings.
- Then go to Device.
- And choose Reset to Factory Defaults.
- Confirm your decision by selecting Reset.
- The Fire TV device will be reset to factory defaults then restarted.