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How to reset the Samsung Galaxy S10 phone

June 28, 2025

Is yourSamsung Galaxy S10, S10 Plus, or S10erunning slower than usual or did it freeze on you and stop working completely? If so, you can reset, reboot or even do a full factory restore on your phone to hopefully solve these problems. Here’s the info you need on how to reset the Samsung Galaxy S10.

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Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus factory data reset menu

How to restart the Galaxy S10 (soft reset)

If your Galaxy S10 phone is just running slowly, is unresponsive, or if an app on the device isn’t working properly, you’ll want to reboot your device or perform a soft reset.  Here’s how to reset the Galaxy S10:

If your Galaxy S10 isn’t responding at all when you press thePowerbutton, try this method:

Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus factory data reset menu

How to factory reset the Galaxy S10 (hard reset)

If your Galaxy S10 has problems that cannot be fixed with a soft reset or restart, you may need to perform a factory reset (or hard reset). Thiswillrevert your Galaxy S10 back to its original factory settings and erase everything you have on your phone, somake sure all your data is backed upbefore performing this reset. If you’d still like to perform a factory reset, follow these instructions:

Have any questions on how to reset theSamsungGalaxy S10? Feel free to leave them in the comment section below and we’ll do our best to help you out!

Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus factory data reset menu

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