Reflashing the Phone
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Reflashing the Librem 5 is the best way to remove your personal data and put the phone back into factory defaults.

Warning, this procedure will completely erase everything on the device! Make a :ref:`backup beforehand <librem_Computers_backups>`!

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:download:`Download <https://videos.puri.sm/promo/reflashing.mp4>`
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This process is described in the `Reflashing the Phone`_ section of the `Librem 5 Developer Documentation`_.

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