How To Factory Reset An Xbox 360

[@kratosthegod4947]

Thx, this helped. I still find it crazy how I’m selling the first console i ever had...

[@tecate2127]

Not my first console but my first of the Xbox serious selling all my stuff for a quad

[@small_pp_ben4662]

I’m selling it today I’m about to cry

[@small_pp_ben4662]

I beat most halos on this and used to grind bo2

[@iftimeis9107]

Gonna miss playing bo2 but I'm saving for parts to build a gaming PC

[@small_pp_ben4662]

@@iftimeis9107 I built a pretty nice pc

[@spaceape5697]

All these years later, and this helped out so much. Thank you.

[@vikx532]

Thanks so much for making this video I spent 20 minutes trying to figure out how to reset my Xbox because I’m reselling it and I couldn’t figure out how to do it so this video was a big help

[@angelsupreme6107]

This was actually really helpful thank you my guy (im a real comment btw)

[@Dantheman5127]

Lol

[@josephtaylor4505]

Peter griffin

[@storagemonkeys8126]

It was

[@AShufflersTale]

Thank you for this. Selling the console today that made me so many good memories from Halo 3 and so on that I’ll cherish forever. See you later 360 you will be missed💚🙏🏽😭

[@KingWilliam]

I think one day you will regret selling......I'll save one for you.....

[@calleddrop6643]

thanks bud, just got my 360 back and wanted to wipe it and start over. you helped a lot

[@rushbayou5230]

i sure hope u removed family lock outs

[@SeanFlesch]

What if you have no hard drive? I noticed after resetting the on-board memory at least the old console name was still there.

[@perrcyy8360]

I’m having the same problem

[@perrcyy8360]

Did you figure it out?

[@random_user-i2i]

Thanks! One note: if someone really wanted your serial number, they could make out the numbers you entered by looking at the key positions you press starting at 1:35

[@KingWilliam]

Yup. No worries i have many 360s

[@matthewsmith1823]

So I had an error saying “A required storage device has been removed. Your console will now restart.” Doesnthat mean I am good to go? It shows I have 2.9/3G of storage available.

[@KingWilliam]

Check and see if your profile and data is gone. Should be cleared now

[@eriksforestryvision8751]

That's what's happening to us but we can't even play the movie trolls for some kids. No codes or this has worked

[@NaroChanTech]

thanks this is the only video that helped me! 3 years later thanks a lot 🥰🥰

[@DamnThtsE]

Omg Thanks!!!!! So much I watched 6videos before yours and got frustrated you made it so easy thanks

[@djpainkiller3326]

I was given a free one. The last owner had his information still on it and I’m here to erase it and set it up for myself with my profile as a fresh new start. Thanks for the help

[@KingWilliam]

Free is the best price

[@djpainkiller3326]

@@KingWilliam I agree

[@aetherbolt94]

Thanks man ! Great video ! Short and simple ! I bought am xbox one a few months ago and I want to get rid of my 360 because it's just sitting in my living room collecting dust lol

[@KyleFilms69]

2 year later … still useful! Lol thanks Will .

[@potatosansoffical8058]

hey i have a question what would happen if i bought a xbox 360 from a second hand seller and i inserted my original xboxes hard drive into it with a newer os version

[@KingWilliam]

I think it would work. I remember my disc drive dying and just plopping it on another unit

[@potatosansoffical8058]

@@KingWilliam i dont know how to explain it but my origina xbox 360 died to the rrod and i just got a Xbox 360 Elite from the flea market for 10$ and i still have the hdd from my original hdd and i was thinking about getting the hdd from my original xbox 360 and puting it into the 10$ xbox

[@KingWilliam]

@@potatosansoffical8058 I think it will work. I remember doing that when mi e died.

[@jack_YT101andmore]

Im 12 i grew up playing the xbox 360 about 2018-2023 i have had a phew accounts i played on through those years today i thought of restarting the xbox but i thought of the memories of the xbox so i had a change of heart and i let the remaining accounts live, im pretty sure the accounts that were on there were my stepdad and my stepdads friends.

[@KingWilliam]

If you plan on keeping it leave it alone. It will still connect to Xbox live for another year to play online

[@jack_YT101andmore]

@@KingWilliam it won't let me make an account so I can't play online sadly

[@Jhonnyboymarston]

Thank you I bought a previously used Xbox that had all the stuff and I didn't know the family code

[@dussam4126]

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[@charleykeate2060]

Thank you very much, thought I’d buy a 360 for the old times but found that the guy selling it didn’t remove all of his details 😅

[@KingWilliam]

Still love the 360.

[@richeyd12]

I just brought a 360 today thanks for the video!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@hazehd6053]

Omg thank you my little bro just got this xbox and ive been looking for the right video to do this and you helped me thank you mate

[@clothinghanger6978]

You blurred out the screen but didn't cover the keyboard we could literally see what you typed

[@AGceez]

I topped all my data onto my hard drive so I could still have the memories from 12 years ago

[@pete_003]

Cheers mate acc only guy on gere that tells the truth...

[@Jack1won]

Hi idk if you reply to your comments but I have a question, can you link your xbox one account to xbox 360? If so how?

[@KingWilliam]

You can just login on the 360 with your account. You can only login to 1 console at at time. If you are downloading the monthly free games with Games with Gold, then the 360 games should show up on your 360 and not on your One.

[@julieCaine]

Thank you so much for posting this it helped alot

[@KingWilliam]

@@julieCaine awesome.

[@finleymaskell4202]

My Xbox 360 and Xbox one are on the same account , if I do this will it remove it from my Xbox 1 ?

[@KingWilliam]

I don't think so. I did this on one of mine and I have 3 Xbox360's and a Xbox One. It should just erase the 360

[@Solar_sStar]

Thank you i had this console and its went threw one big brother and a cousin and they had to many accounts on there im glad i found your video (sorry for bad spelling)

[@randymckinney5759]

Ty kindly. Totally appreciated 👍Stay well and stay safe

[@ismelltrouble7266]

Thank you. The video is very helpful short and to-the-point. Again thank you

[@dankusmemeus7093]

So will this help your Xbox connect to the internet if it doesn’t want to? My one and series x connect fine but my 360 keeps giving me an error code and nothing works so I’m wondering if a factory reset will

[@KingWilliam]

Possibly. If you are connecting with Wi-Fi I would check your router and verify it’s using 2.4 ghz n. You can also try connecting with a Ethernet cable and see if it works that way.

[@derekgossett8008]

Thanks for the help man, I’m 37 years old and just got my first Xbox from a friend, I’m not a video game guy and I don’t know what the hell I’m doing, but your video definitely help me! 👍🏻

[@KingWilliam]

Glad it helped

[@cameronstone3395]

Thanks dude this helped loads 👍

[@KingWilliam]

Glad it helped.

[@idontwannabeyouanymore9135]

I almost cried while resetting it, all the memories gone with a button

[@KingWilliam]

I know what you mean. I had done mine one time and had to redownload everything and no more saved data...:(

[@rhuridking]

Does this just wipe the hard drive or does it delete anything saved to the console itself

[@KingWilliam]

All saved games and data.

[@rhuridking]

@@KingWilliam Would they be saved to the console or the hard drive as I have recently purchased a new hard drive for my 360 S and need to wipe it but don't want my internet settings and other things like that to be wiped. My profiles were saved on the other Hard Drive so I doubt they would be affected by this but if they would, please tell me. Thanks.

[@KingWilliam]

@@rhuridking I'm guessing you wanted a larger hard drive . I would keep the old one as a spare. But you would need to log on with your account and re download any games to the new drive. Formatting the old drive would lose all the data and saves

[@rhuridking]

@@KingWilliam Nah, I needed a legit hard drive to play backwards compatible games but it had someone else’s files on it. Thanks for the tips.

[@KingWilliam]

It does look like the saw guy now that I look at it...

[@joshuagamelin9311]

Hey, does this remove the child lock on the xbox 360?

[@vulldodl]

no

[@cozmxc5722]

Does it Erase Games downloaded on the system?

[@KingWilliam]

Everything gets erased

[@nisha4538]

Thank you! This helped me so much, The other people made me so confuse

[@Blizlyy]

Instructions unclear: I murdered the owners account and the parental controls stayed

[@StormyPlayzz]

my xbox is corrupted from game files and wont do anything it reads games but i cant connect to the internet

[@dolphinated]

I have movies on this 360. If I format it, will I lose those movies?

[@KingWilliam]

If it's on the hard dive yes....If it was bought from the xbox store I think you would be able to re-download.

[@jessica950408]

The initial setup setting resets everything in the factory on a Xbox?

[@eddiebuccaneers]

Thanks for the video bud, it was a big help!

[@Limoncitoes]

If you do this, can you put your hard drive in and keep the games that were in the hard drive?

[@KingWilliam]

You would need to download from Microsoft or reload from disc

[@davidtoledo7324]

Will this reset the family setting code thing?

[@KingWilliam]

It will factory reset so everything will be gone. Something you would do if you are giving it away or selling.

[@itsall_legal]

@@KingWilliam it did not reset the family settings .still asks for passcode ,thanks for lying now all saved game progress is gone but still cant play gta v RIP

[@James-lk3wr]

Thank you my man! Very helpful!

[@Coy.Rug22]

I bought a used 360 to play on but it won’t let me enter my serial or anything got any suggestions all I’m trying to do is play a game and it wants to me to save it a memory and I deleted everything that was on it and it’s still saying it’s a storage issue

[@KingWilliam]

Did your hard drive fail

[@christopherspeight662]

Thank you so so much dude really helped me out.

[@KingWilliam]

Awesome. .make sure to like and subscribe 😀

[@arampro7711]

@@KingWilliam کویر

[@swagsnoww6743]

I’ve done it but it still has a family password and the guy who had it put it as this

[@sashabrause8661]

I bought my cousins Xbox 360 and there stuff is still there is there a way I can delete all there information but keep the online games that were bought?

[@bloodwych128]

I did this but it didn't take off the previous owners parental lock. Are there any ways of resetting the lock.

[@albertgoodrum6039]

Thanks it took me ages to find one that worked

[@KingWilliam]

Glad it helped.

[@hirakhan4598]

Can it removed family lock

[@amberlycolunga506]

I tried this but it didn’t ask for my serial number yet only erased my game memory

[@michaelhowe5519]

thank you sir just reset one I just brought ...thanks again

[@janealndanielhuerta]

Thank you for this it really help

[@KingWilliam]

Glad it helped

[@lucas.s017]

Thank you, I’m selling mine so I can get a one x

[@KingWilliam]

Good choice. Should start seeing some good prices aa they get near releasing the new xbox

[@mecyanned]

i found an xbox 360 slim while i was just walking, doing this b4 i sell it so the person who threw it doesnt get hacked

[@KingWilliam]

Nice. And the perfect price

[@mecyanned]

@@KingWilliam Yes, people say nothing is free then i tell them this lol

[@Miguel-nolander65748]

Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but at 1:37 someone could easily see your serial number just from where the numbers are positioned on a standard keyboard.

[@enforcedboss8952]

Yeah I noticed that too, I came to the comments section right away when I noticed it lol.

[@tjoerum-1738]

Selling like 20 Xbox 360s and didn’t realize it was this simple lmao

[@misterioso2735]

I only want to delete my xbox 360 recent system update. Only the system not the game updates. Is that possible? If yes, can you make a video?

[@davidtoledo7324]

I just did it and it did not reset the parental settings to factory settings

[@nicnick4308]

Thank you. Also you might have blurred it but people can still see which numbers ur punching lol.

[@KingWilliam]

Yep...the serial has nothing g to do with security on 360s

[@HugeTree77]

Is there anyway I could do this without a controller

[@basketball5152]

Buy a controller for cheap

[@packingang9520]

If I bought a dlc, will it also delete that? Like to where I have to buy it again

[@finnhoffmann3582]

Yeet Yeet that was also mine question😂

[@mrzaro4538]

As long if u know your xbox log in you should be fine Anything you purchase goes to purchase history and you can re download it

[@basketball5152]

@@finnhoffmann3582 no. If you biught it on your account then you will still have it. If you got it from doing a license transfer then it will be gone forever

[@dboots133]

thank you, job done. im 66 my ex box is like brand new,am going to donate it to a Ukraine family now residing in my town.thank you sir..

[@nikola6533]

Whill this work if i have a strange dashbord thing it is broken

[@KingWilliam]

You can try. What is broke on the dashboard?

[@nikola6533]

@@KingWilliam I have two accounts one is logged in to xbox live and the other is not. I have everything on the account where I am not logged in to xbox live on the dashboard and I can search for applications and games, but when I log in to the account with xbox live dashboard it changes completely and I can't search for applications only some games. Do you have a solution?

[@AgiusLeon]

Wow I had a virus on my Xbox360 and this guy helped me wow.

[@marvelousmikey8033]

Dose this get rid of family controls

[@gustavefrankfurter6462]

I bought a broken slim and repaired it. It had a bunch of stuff on the built in memory, and I added the old 20gb HD from my old Xbox. Then I formatted the whole system. Now, it connects online, but won't load LIVE as that site is long gone. Please, someone HELP ME!

[@5KU11C47]

What happens if it clears all stuff of but the family password is still there? (This happened to me and i dont remember a password from 8 years ago)

[@gj8313]

Thanks for the useful video big thumbs up dude👍.

[@franciscodelgado435]

Bro you made my life so easy

[@imengrx5867]

How did you get Harrow back into the game?

[@BLooDLiNe2028]

This helped me out alot🙂👍🏼

[@KingWilliam]

Glad it helped.

[@BLooDLiNe2028]

@@KingWilliam yes it did🙂🙏🏼👍🏼

[@MUECA_FireCrest]

I did all this step but now i not have explorer on the system my gmail account . No works there.. i try ti do 1 more time the factory reset

[@manfromponyupdaddyinfomerc9550]

i'm not getting rid of mine, i just have too many profiles and such and don't want to go through one by one and delete them

[@florinurlea2164]

try LT RT X Y LB RB UP Y A X

[@johndoe-nl8ze]

I don't get the "enter serial number option" it says usb storage missing and will restart

[@wilbertandrade2791]

Wait it doesn’t delete whatever is in your storage right?

[@Jtoob-z5n]

Perfect now I can get rid of this cancer thats affected me for over 10 years!

[@BabyHaze9]

Will it get rid of anything I purchased like dlc

[@KingWilliam]

It will factory reset the xbox. So it will delete from the xbox. But you still own it on live and would need to redownload

[@BabyHaze9]

@@KingWilliam so Can I still sign into my acc and own everything in it?

[@KingWilliam]

@@BabyHaze9 that's how it should work but no guarantee since it's end of life.

[@BabyHaze9]

@@KingWilliam have you tried it?

[@KingWilliam]

@@BabyHaze9 a while back I did mostly I do this the clear an xbox for resale. No guarantee anymore any dlcs will be available.

[@rheescenes]

Thanks, i got this as a present today and it turns off after a few seconds, im gonna try this

[@KingWilliam]

Good luck. Hope it helps.

[@rheescenes]

@@KingWilliam thanks, if it doesn’t i still appreciate the time put into this video to help people

[@DEAD_BUT_LIVING]

U can use the green glow from the Xbox thing to see it serial code

[@lake2946]

thank you so much for this!

[@KingWilliam]

No problem 😊

[@x7j4k36]

but it doesn't get rid of the family settings

[@twajsjunior7213]

Selling the first console I ever had, eo many memories, weird feeling tbh.

[@KingWilliam]

Well...hopefully it will go to a good home

[@glorygiftsglory2771]

I brought a unit used and has someone's name register how can I delete that

[@jillanus5838]

TYsM I never knew how to do this

[@abbeyjones6415]

This didn’t work for me it just went back to the screen where it said enter seriel number if u could help that would be great btw I subbed

[@juulesmannbean9259]

Maybe you entered the serial number wrong?

[@florinurlea2164]

try LT RT X Y LB RB UP Y A X

[@NahFYM]

I'm wiping it cause for some reason it just won't connect to the internet.

[@KingWilliam]

Did that help

[@NahFYM]

@@KingWilliam not really, still won't connect to the internet, do you have some solution?

[@KingWilliam]

@@NahFYM use 4.2.2.4 or 4.2.2.3 for you dns. Also try an Ethernet connection if the WiFi is flakey. Also charcoal your router and see if it’s set to n only if it is set to g

[@fireblazejackie5867]

My Xbox 360 won't let me sign into my Microsoft account can you help with that?

[@florinurlea2164]

try LT RT X Y LB RB UP Y A X

[@Mohkaa]

This didn't downgrade my Xbox I'm disappointed

[@corrosive_st]

Someone sold an xbox360 to us, still with all the data inside... No worries, formatted the thing, but the family settings are still there.

[@rileyg8265]

yoo same here how did you fix it we're trying to resell it

[@Motorider_yz75]

When I went to restart my console I didn’t need to put in my serial number.

[@Elle-zv1ry]

Me neither its great!

[@DrizzyzenFN]

We’re the ones who bought the Xbox 360 omg on offer up

[@KingWilliam]

Nice

[@DrizzyzenFN]

@@KingWilliam thanks

[@JOHN-ht6zc]

Yes very useful thank you

[@insaneava9441]

When I try to do enter the serial number the thing doesn’t pop up

[@jcdenton4902]

same

[@phillychong462]

Same yo

[@mybuttisitchyand2583]

idk the passcode or the question and i dont know the emails password, so i want to reset the whole thing, help

[@florinurlea2164]

try LT RT X Y LB RB UP Y A X

[@kgb9183]

Rip my Xbox imma sell it.the memories mmm

[@KingWilliam]

Well...someone will get to enjoy it again.

[@kgb9183]

@@KingWilliam I guess

[@hirakhan4598]

Can it removed family lock

[@joelee7779]

Thanks bro this helped

[@krazytechneek7406]

This didn’t work. It doesn’t go to next screen after I type in serial number.

[@florinurlea2164]

try LT RT X Y LB RB UP Y A X

[@zortss]

what if i dont have a hard drive and it says memory unit?

[@KingWilliam]

I think that would be the 4gig model with no hard drive.