How-to: Force Restart Apple TV

This tutorial will show you how to hard restart your Apple TV 4 or 4K. A restart is useful for when things aren’t working correctly.

Force Restart Apple TV

1. Hold the Menu and Home button on your Apple TV remote until the white light on the Apple TV flashes then release.

OR:

1. Go to Settings > System > Restart

How-to: Factory Reset Apple TV to Stock Settings

This tutorial will show you how to factory reset your Apple TV 4 or 4K to factory settings. This is useful for when you want to sell or gift your Apple TV to someone else. This will remove all users, accounts, logins, settings, and installed applications.

Factory Reset Apple TV to Stock Settings

1. Go to Settings > System > Reset

2. Press Reset or Reset and Update (if you want to reset to the latest tvOS version)