Factory reset TCL 65P71B
How to reset or hard reset an TCL 65P71B
If your Smart TV TCL 65P71B 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 TCL 65P71B to its factory state will eliminate all the personalized settings of the television such as the tuned channels and their order, input names, applications that have been installed, passwords of the accounts linked to this 65P71B, Wi-Fi passwords, Google Play user and web browsing history.
The TCL 65P71B 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 TCL 65P71B
You will need:
- TV remote
If you don't have a remote you can buy one from this link on Amazon. *
1- First step:
To begin changing the language of the menus on your TCL P7 65P71B TV 165.1 cm (65") 4K Ultra HD Smart TV Wi-Fi Titanium, press the "Start" or "Home" button on the remote control, This is the button with the symbol of a house.
2- Second step:
Using the direction buttons on the remote control, move through the menus on the screen until you reach our profile icon that should appear in the upper right part of the screen of your 65P71B.
This is an icon that contains our Google account profile photo or the initial letter of our name.
Press to access using the center button on the remote control.
3- Third step:
Use the buttons on the remote control to move through the menu and select the "Settings" section, it is the icon of a gear wheel.
Press to access using the center button on the remote control.
4- Four step:
Once inside the settings of the 65P71B, go down using the buttons on the remote control to go to the "Device Preferences" or "System" section, it should have the icon of a television.
Click to access.
5- Fifth step:
Within the "Device Preferences" or "System" section of the TCL 65P71B, a section called "About" will appear, this section has the icon of an exclamation symbol inside a circle.
Click to enter the Information section and continue with the factory restoration process.
6- Sixth step:
When you have accessed the "About" section of the TCL 65P71B, you will see another list of available options, use the direction button to go down and select the section called "Factory reset" and press the center button to continue with this process.
7- Seventh step:
A confirmation message will appear on the screen of the TCL 65P71B indicating that all the information on the television 65P71B will be deleted, including the settings, the downloaded applications and the link with your Google account (the Google account is not deleted, only unlinked from the TV), click on "Factory data reset" again, if you have decided not to continue click "Cancel" and no data will be deleted.
8- Eighth step:
A second confirmation message will appear to confirm that you want to restore the TCL 65P71B, from this step you cannot go back, all apps and settings will be removed from the TV.
Press "Erase everything" to finish and wait a few seconds for the 65P71B to be completely restored.
