How to factory reset your AirTags

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Knowing how to manufactory reset your AirTags is vital if yous desire to share them with another person.

While AirTags are extremely useful tools for finding your lost stuff, they tin can merely be associated with a single Apple ID at any given time. That means you lot tin't share your AirTags' location with anyone else, including members of your own family unit — which is a pain if they've been attached to something that's used by everyone.

The way around it is to reset the tracker, and so hand information technology off to someone else so they can connect it to their own Apple ID. Read on to discover out how to factory reset your AirTags.

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The whole process is pretty straightforward, so information technology shouldn't take you more than a couple of minutes to become everything done.

Make certain your AirTag is within Bluetooth range, otherwise the reset won't work
Open the 'Find My' app
Select the AirTag you desire to remove from your list of devices
Swipe up to reveal the AirTag settings menu
Hit 'Remove Detail'
Hitting Remove and and so Remove again on the popular-up menu

If you find yourself in a situation where the reset doesn't take, but the AirTag has already been removed from your Apple tree ID, y'all'll need to do a physical reset:

Printing on the stainless steel section on the bottom of the AirTag
While pressing down, rotate the encompass counter clockwise until it stops
Pull both pieces apart to open up the AirTag
Remove and supercede the bombardment, being careful not to let whatsoever young children go hold of it while y'all do so.
Press down until the battery makes a sound
Repeat this process four more times, so you hear the AirTag make a sound five times
Reattach the cover and press downwards until information technology makes another sound
Rotate the encompass clockwise until it locks in place

Given the time information technology'll have to do a manual reset, information technology'south all-time to endeavor and avoid that situation if you can. So always make sure yous continue AirTags within Bluetooth range if you're going to try to reset them.

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