How to reset AirPods, AirPods Pro, and AirPods Max

Your step-by-footstep guide to resetting your AirPods

The AirPods being taken out of their charging case

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Erstwhile you figure unsuccessful how to sleep with, it's simple to reset your Apple AirPods, AirPods 3 operating theater AirPods Professional. IT's so simple, in fact, that Apple doesn't even tell you how to do IT – they just take for granted that you'll atomic number 4 able to figure it out on your own.

In a conviction, all you need to do is hold down the button on the back of the AirPods charging case until the light turns gold. (Note, of course, that you might need to rename the AirPods aft they've been paired to your phone via the settings if they've kept the same name every bit in front.)

But, if you've already tried that and it hasn't worked, we bear a full-dress stepwise guide at a lower place to get those AirPods reset for that fresh-out-of-the-box feeling.

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Step 1: Check your battery

If you've tried to reset your AirPods by holding the button happening the back and you don't see a lit flashing along the inside of the case, it's probably because they're exsanguinous. Fire hydrant them in for 15 minutes to clear sure that they are adequately charged to re-pair.

Tread 2: Retrieve the button on the back of the type

So, that small button on the back of the AirPods' charging case is the fundamental to resetting the AirPods. Hold it down for 15 seconds and the LED light connected the case will change from Edward Douglas White Jr to brownish-yellow. You can't hold it down for overly long, so there's nary cause to be worried about messing this up.

It's a good musical theme to hold this reset button away from the call you're trying to unpair from verity tune earbuds. If it's as well close, it will just collect all the like data as before.

Step 3: Geminate them with your twist

OK, so after the AirPods are reset it's metre to sync them with a new iOS device. To get along that, all you need to do is hold the cardinal devices close conjointly and you should be able to connect ... equally long atomic number 3 you'atomic number 75 using an Apple device.

If you're an Mechanical man exploiter, you'll need to go to Settings > Connections > Bluetooth, and past connect them that path.

(Optional) Step 4: Change the name of the AirPods

If you've reset your AirPods but they've stubbornly held onto their old name, you'll need to change it aside going into the Settings > Bluetooth, and then click the information ('i') button future to the AirPods to change their name.

a woman wearing the apple airpods max — (Image credit: Apple)

How act up I reset the AirPods Max?

Resetting the AirPods Max, Apple's first over-ear headphones, is simple. First, make sure you charge them for a few minutes.

Then, fair-minded press and hold the noise check button and the Digital Crown until the LED flashes amber.

If you want to reset the AirPods Liquid ecstasy to factory settings and unpair them from your iCloud account, do the same, only wait for the LED to commute from flashing amber to white.

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Nick Pino is the Senior Editor of Plate Entertainment at TechRadar and covers TVs, headphones, speakers, video games, VR and streaming devices. He's scrivened for TechRadar, GamesRadar, Official Xbox Cartridge clip, PC Gamer and other outlets over the last ten, and atomic number 2 has a degree in computing atomic number 2's not using if anyone wants it.