Thinking ‘do I remove my sim card before selling my phone?’, the answer is yes! A SIM card can hold private information such as contacts and call history. Therefore, if you leave it in your device, whoever buys your phone could potentially have access to your personal information. 

If you forget to remove it and you’ve already sent your phone to the buyer, don’t worry! The old SIM should deactivate if you’ve cancelled the contract or purchased a new SIM from the same network for your next phone.

We encourage you to delete all of your personal data before selling your phone. This ensures no one gets hold of your private information.

How to delete history on your phone

If you want to know how to delete history, cache and cookies on your, check out these steps for an iPhone and Android. 

If you have an iPhone, follow these steps:

• You need to go to settings. 
• Choose Safari, Advanced, Website Data 
• Then remove all website data.

If you have an Android, just follow these steps:

• Open the Chrome app and at the top right choose ‘more’. 
• Go to history and choose ‘clearing browsing data’. 
• You can select how much history you want to delete, but if you want to clear everything, next to ‘Time Range’, choose ‘All Time’. 
• Lastly, go to browsing history and clear all data.

How to delete Facebook account on phone

If you have an Android, open the Facebook app and follow these steps:

1. Tap the three lines in the top right corner 
2. Scroll down to ‘Settings and Privacy’ and choose settings
3. Choose ‘download your information’ and anything you don’t want saving deselect
4. Tap create file at the bottom of the page and you’ll be notified by Facebook. You’ll now be able to download your saved information. 
5. Go back to settings and go to ‘Account Ownership and Control’
6. Choose ‘Deactivation and Deletion’, select Delete Account 
7. Then delete the app by dragging it to the uninstall icon and tap OK

If you have an iPhone, open the FaceBook app and follow these steps:

1. Tap the three horizontal lines and go to ‘Settings and Privacy’, then choose settings
2. Choose ‘Account Ownership and Control’, on this page choose ‘Deactivation and Deletion’
3. Tap Delete Account and continue to Account Deletion
4. Go through the options on the screen, we encourage you to save any information before it gets deleted. Once you are happy, tap delete account and confirm.

How to delete Instagram account on Phone

Follow these easy steps to deleting your Instagram account on your phone:

• You’ll need to log into Instagram on a mobile or web browser and log in. 
• Go to the Account Deletion page 
• From the drop-down menu choose your reasons for deleting the account. 
• Once you’ve done this, re-enter your password and click the blue button. 

It will take a month for your information to be fully removed and in the meantime, your account will be hidden. You can then delete the Instagram app from your phone.

How to delete Gmail account from Phone

Take into consideration once you delete your Gmail account, everything associated with it such as emails, contacts and settings will be deleted. 

If you have an iPhone, just follow these steps:

• Go to your settings and choose ‘Passwords & Accounts’. 
• Choose Gmail and delete account 
• Then delete from My iPhone to confirm. 

If you have an Android, follow these steps:

• Open Settings and go to Accounts or Users Accounts
• Choose the account you want to remove 
• Remove account.

If you want to know, how do I wipe my iPhone before selling it? make sure to erase all of your personal data and reset the device before sending it. 

One thing you’ll need to do before completely wiping your iPhone is back up your information. This is super easy and only takes a few minutes to do!

Firstly, make sure your iPhone is connected to Wi-Fi and on a full charge. Go to settings and tap on the Apple ID banner at the top of your screen. Choose iCloud and go to iCloud backup, then back up now. Make sure the backup is completed before you move on to deleting content and resetting the device.

If you’re not sure how to completely wipe an iPhone or are wondering ‘how do I wipe my iPhone?’, just follow these steps: 

1. Go to settings and choose general 
2. Scroll down and choose reset 
3. Choose erase all content and settings 
4. Tap erase now and enter your passcode 
5. You’ll then need to enter your Apple ID password in order to turn off activate lock and remove your phone from find an iPhone. Plus, make sure to unpair any devices such as an Apple Watch, AirPods etc that are still connected. 

Once you’ve completed these steps you can successfully sell your iPhone without worrying that anyone will be able to access any information from your device.

If you want to know ‘what should I do before selling my android phone?’, you need to wipe your data and reset it in factory conditions. This makes sure your private information is safe and the next user can start from scratch. 

We encourage you to back up or transfer any personal information you want to keep before erasing everything from your phone.

Wondering how to completely wipe an Android phone before selling? just follow these easy steps: 

1. Go to settings and choose System, Advanced then reset options 
2. You’ll have three choices - if you want to erase everything then choose ‘erase all data (factory reset). The other options are ‘reset app preferences’ and ‘ reset wi-fi, mobile and Bluetooth’
3. You’ll get a warning reminding you all of your data will be deleted. Select ‘reset phone’
4. You’ll be asked to provide a PIN or security set up if you have it 
5. You’ll get another warning asking if you’re sure, choose ‘erase everything’.

Your phone should then reset and you can happily send your device knowing all of your private data has been erased.

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