Resetting an Amazon Echo, either if it’s not working properly or you’ve upgraded and are giving it away, is easy when you know how.
The Amazon Echo range of speakers are one of the easiest ways to add smart automation to your home. They’re always heavily discounted on Black Friday and Cyber Monday, which can make upgrading to newer versions a very appealing move if you time it right. In fact, you can keep up-to-date on all the best Black Friday Amazon Echo deals as they appear by reading our article. If you do decide to take the plunge and replace your existing smart speakers and smart displays with newer versions, it would be hugely negligent if they end up languishing at the back of a drawer or cupboard gathering dust. Instead, donate them to friends and family, or make use of Amazon’s trade-in program, which ensures you get money back for your old tech as well as a discount code for money off a new smart speaker or smart display. Whichever route you decide to take, you must completely reset your Echo smart speaker or smart display – including deregistering it from your account, before you pass it on – otherwise friends and family won’t be able to set it up properly (or you’ll accidentally leave all your personal info with Amazon…). A full reset can also come in useful if you find your existing smart speaker isn’t working properly. Of course, you should always use the tried-and-tested method of turning it off and on again by removing the power cable and plugging it back in after 10 seconds. If that doesn’t fix it, you’ll need to reset the device. Fancy grabbing yourself one of Amazon’s smart speakers or smart displays? Check out the best prices on offer right now. Amazon Echo smart speakers can be reset by pressing a combination of buttons on the device itself, so if you’re planning on passing your Echo on to someone else, we’d recommend deregistering if first and then performing a factory reset.
