How to Factory Reset your Steam Deck (Software Method)

[@rt3455rr2]

FYI, my 3 year old just pointed at you and said "Daddy, that's a really cool haircut."

[@MikeTheTech]

Haha, nice! 😊 Thanks for the comment.

[@Kryme1027]

Your ears must have been burning...I was LITERALLY looking at how to perform this reset and boom...here's your video.

[@sharronpeters7753]

This doesn't work anymore. Factory reset isn't at the bottom of that menu anymore.

[@ThatDudeCrespino]

Thanks u sir 🎉

[@MikeTheTech]

No problem! Glad it helped.

[@USAliveMaryland]

Not working update error

[@treyharrison1888]

I do not have a setting to factory reset it…

[@MikeTheTech]

The video shows a bunch of ways to do it even without the button. Did you watch?

[@treyharrison1888]

@@MikeTheTechI did, I am going to try the other methods here in a little. I was pretty much just asking like why it’s not there… more less

[@ashketchup1093]

You didn’t choose *Clear user data and confoguration*

[@Aaron-hw4ge]

I have a bunch of roms on my sd card will it delete them

[@danlemay9893]

Factory remove the no steam ? I have the 64gb and i am full of no steam .

[@davefried81]

ah! I will also format my MSD card...After a few years, it is time to start fresh.. No idea what the hell I have on my deck after a few months sitting in my bag.

[@1331bubba]

Is there a way i can do factory reset without deleting my game progress, or an option where i can recover it?

[@MikeTheTech]

Sync your saves to Steam cloud.

[@cojaki]

Hey man, I was wondering if you could answer a quick question for me. I've been trying to setup sunshine and moonlight for my pc and steam deck, and for the life of me i cant figure out why upnp wont work. Ive tried just upnp, the port forwarding using a tp link router thats controlling the signal from my 5g home internet "box" and firewall changes/off. My question is if i just can't do upnp because of the 5g home internet box that im using. I have found absolutely 0 info online and was wondering if you knew! Otherwise, good videos and i appreciate your content 😁

[@quiridoplayz]

When you do the factory reset from steam OS does it also remove the SSD partition?

[@MikeTheTech]

Do you mean the sd card?

[@suducat5238]

Interesting