Don't let your phone fall into the wrong hands when it's lost. Follow these easy steps to wipe your lost phone's data!

Your computer, phone, or tablet holds all kinds of personal information about you, and before you sell, return, recycle, or donate it, you should make sure to delete all of that information correctly.

Take a detailed look at how to wipe your Android phone or tablet properly so that no data remains. We dive into Factory Data Protection and encryption as well.

Here we explain how to erase or put your Android device back to the factory out of the box state before selling it.

While every Android phone has the option to "Erase all data (factory reset)," the location of this setting could vary depending on the manufacturer. Resetting a phone to factory settings could ...

Before ditching your old gadget, you'll want to wipe all traces of yourself and your data. Here's how to erase personal data from an iPhone, iPad, or Android device.

How to make sure your data is really deleted before selling your Android phone Surprise, surprise, a simple "factory reset" doesn't really erase all of your Android device's data.

When you are certain that you have a backup of all of your important files, photos, and data, you are ready to proceed. Just what you need to do to erase your phone will depend on the handset you ...

Your last – and most extreme – option is to remotely erase all your personal data from your missing phone.