How to hard reset or force restore Cat devices

Instructions to force a factory reset, hard reset, reset or factory restore Cat devices

Force restore, also called “hard reset” of an Cat brand device is necessary when the device does not turn on, shows an error or does not respond and it is not possible to reset it from the device settings.

Keep in mind that force restoring an Cat device will erase everything on it and you need to know the passkey to be able to turn it back on even after force restoring.

Use the search engine or browse through the list to find your device among the 17 devices and get the steps to do a hard reset.

Cat S75

Cat S53

Cat S22 Flip

Cat S42 H+

Cat S62 Pro

Cat S42

Cat S32

Cat S52

Cat S61

Cat S31

Cat S41

Cat B15

Cat S50

Cat B15 Q

Cat S40

Cat S30

Cat S60