Factory reset Samsung UE40ES6800S

How to reset or hard reset an Samsung UE40ES6800S

If your Smart TV Samsung UE40ES6800S works very slow, it hangs, or you have a full memory and you want to erase everything, or you want to sell it or give it away and you want nobody to be able to access your history and passwords you can do a factory reset or format so that it returns to be like the first day.

IMPORTANT: formatting or resetting your Samsung UE40ES6800S to its factory state it will delete all the personalized settings of the TV such as the tuned channels and their order, names of inputs, applications that have been installed, passwords of the accounts linked to this UE40ES6800S, Wi-Fi passwords, usuario de Samsung y Smart Hub y el historial de navegación web.

The Samsung UE40ES6800S TV will need to be fully configured as when it was turned on for the first time after purchase.

Estimated time: 15 minutes.

Table of Contents:

Restore from the options of Samsung UE40ES6800S

You will need:

- TV remote

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Models between 2014 and 2018:

1- First step:

First go to the home menu of your Samsung UE40ES6800S 101.6 cm (40") Full HD Smart TV Wi-Fi Black TV by pressing the "Menu" button on the remote control of the Smart TV.

2- Second step:

With the directional buttons of your remote control, scroll down the UE40ES6800S menu to the section called "Support" or "General", this is the option with an icon of a question mark.

3- Third step:

Using the direction buttons on the Samsung UE40ES6800S remote control, scroll down the menu that appears on the screen to the section called "Self Diagnosis" and press the enter button (the button located in the center of the 4 direction buttons).

4- Four step:

Using the directional buttons on the Samsung UE40ES6800S remote control, scroll down the menu that appears on the screen to the last section called "Reset" and press the enter button (the button located in the center of the 4 directional buttons) to start the TV reset.

5- Fifth step:

A window will appear asking for the PIN code. If you have never changed the Samsung UE40ES6800S PIN code, enter 0000 which is the default PIN code for all Samsung televisions.

6- Sixth step:

A confirmation message will appear on the Samsung UE40ES6800S screen indicating that all the information on the UE40ES6800S TV will be erased, including the settings, installed applications except the network settings.

Press Yes to confirm the TV reset.

7- Seventh step:

Once the data deletion process is completed from the Samsung UE40ES6800S and the factory settings have been restored, a message will appear on the screen indicating that the reset has been performed and that the TV will automatically turn off and on again.

Restore Samsung UE40ES6800S without the remote control

If you don't have the Samsung UE40ES6800S remote control, your TV has entered a reboot loop or is unresponsive, you can factory reset your Samsung using the physical buttons on the back, bottom, or side of the TV.

1- First of all, locate the power, volume up and volume down buttons of the Samsung UE40ES6800S.

They must be located on the back of the TV, on its right side or at the bottom of the Samsung screen.

2- Next, disconnect the Samsung UE40ES6800S from the electrical current, unplug it or turn off the switch of the strip where it is connected to leave it without electricity.

3- Hold down the power button on the Samsung UE40ES6800S for about 15 seconds and release the button again.

4- Reconnect the Samsung UE40ES6800S TV to power and press the power button.

5- The Samsung UE40ES6800S TV will restart and it will take a few minutes or seconds to restore to factory settings, once restored you will have to reconfigure it, choosing the language, internet connection, tuning channels, installing applications or configuring Bluetooth devices.

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About the device:

The Samsung UE40ES6800S it is a television with the Tizen operating system, an aspect ratio of 16:9, 3 HDMI ports, 3 USB ports, a screen resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels, a screen diagonal of 101.6 cm, Wi-Fi, Ethernet port (RJ45), dimensions of 0 cm width, 0 cm height and 0 cm depth.

Release date: 2012-03-10.

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