How to Erase iPhone Contacts Permanently before Selling

“Since the new iPhone 7 being launched in the market, I decided to sale my old iPhone 5 and buy new iPhone 7 for replace.But the contacts on my old phone is quite important because most of them are my client phone number.To avoid leaking the information of my client,I need to delete all contacts from my old iPhone without restoring.Simply delete them on the phone is not the correct way, I know a lot of data recovery software can get them back, so any ways to wipe all contacts from iPhone permanently before selling?Thanks advance.”-Tommy

There are several reasons why one might need to delete iPhone contacts permanently. Deleting all of those numbers one by one would take a long time,and it should able to restored by data recovery tool.Well,to permanently delete contacts on your iPhone is not so difficult as you think, absolutely there is some useful tools can solve this issue. Frankly speaking, I think to permanently delete contact from iPhone will be a very complicated task unless ask help of iPhone Data Eraser.

You need the iPhone Data Eraser in this case,with the help of it,you are allow to wipe iPhone contacts permanently before selling.Unlike other applications, this program support to delete contacts, photos, documents, user IDs, passwords, settings, videos, music and more from iPhone completely without restoring.It supports all iOS devices including the latest iPhone 7,iPhone 6S,iPhone 5S,iPhone 5;iPad Air,iPad Pro,etc,.

 

How to use iPhone Data Eraser to Delete iPhone Data without Restoring

Step 1.Download and install iPhone Data Eraser on your Computer
iPhone Data Eraser for Windows PC and for Mac are both available. According to your computer operating system, get the right version.Connect your iPhone with your computer via an USB cable.When connected successfully,you can see the name of your iPhone appear on the upper left of the program.

Step 2.Select the Feature to Delete iPhone Data According to your Needs

Option 1.Erase Private Data without Restoring
Private data includes deleted data,contacts,safari cache, safari history, safari cookies, keyboard cache, message, message attachments, call history, notes, and photos.By clicking 'Erase Private Data',then this program will scan your iPhone for private data. After then, you can selectively delete unwanted data,without restoring on your iPhone.If you just need to delete iPhone contacts,you should select "Contacts" only.

Option 2.Erase Deleted Files without Restoring
This option is used to erase files you've deleted on your iPhone. When you delete some files, they're removed from the original place but they still exist somewhere on your iPhone. Recovery software tool can recover these deleted files.To erase these files completely from your iPhone, you should choose the feature of “Erase Deleted Files” on iPhone Data Eraser.Deleted files can be erased like messages,iMessage, contacts, call history, facetime history, calendar, reminders, notes, safari bookmarks, photos, and videos.



Option 3.Erase All Data without Restoring
This option is specially developed for users who are going to sell or give away their iPhone.By using this option, all data, including messages, call history, facetime history, contacts, mail, calendar, reminders, notes, voice memos, safari bookmarks, photos, videos, apps, system settings, keyboard cache, passbook, iTunes DB, iMessage, safari favorites, safari history, voicemail, Apple ID, iCloud ID, game center, Apple maps, weather, stocks, can be deleted permanently from your iPhone.



 

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