What happens when the factory settings are loaded?

When the factory settings are restored, all of your personal settings are deleted and returned to their preset values. The installed version of FRITZ!OS remains intact. If you would like to keep your personal settings and data, note the following instructions and tips before restoring the factory settings.

Preparations

Saving Settings

Save your existing FRITZ!Box settings in a backup file. Open the "System / Backup" page in the user interface and follow the instructions on the "Save" tab.

We recommend saving the settings configured on your FRITZ!Box in a backup file. Using this file your individual settings can be restored in the same FRITZ!Box or in another FRITZ!Box of the same type. For more information, see the Saving Settings instructions.

Adjusting Network Settings

If you use individual IP settings in your FRITZ!Box, these will be deleted when the factory settings are loaded.

For this reason, after loading the factory settings you must check the network settings of your computer and adapt them in order to be able to access the FRITZ!Box again.

Adjusting the Network Key

If you use an individual Wi-Fi network key, when you load the factory settings this key will be deleted and replaced with the default value of the FRITZ!Box. This has the effect that you can no longer access the FRITZ!Box via your Wi-Fi adapter.

For this reason, after loading the factory settings you must enter the default value of the Wi-Fi network key of the FRITZ!Box in the settings of your Wi-Fi adapter in order to be able to access the FRITZ!Box.

Loading Factory Settings

Click the "Load Factory Settings" button to restore the factory settings to the FRITZ!Box. When the factory settings are loaded, all of your personal settings are deleted and reset to their preconfigured values. The installed version of FRITZ!OS remains intact.