This article will show you how to reset your LG phone using three methods that have different uses and drawbacks: a soft reset, a hard reset, and a software factory reset.

If your smartphone is freezing, running extremely slowly, or otherwise seems to have issues that normal methods can’t fix, a reset might be the way to get it working again. LG phones have three options for resetting them: a soft reset, a hard reset, and a software factory reset.

A soft reset is ideal for a situation where your phone is frozen, running slow, or showing other signs of stress like overheating or refusing to open apps. The soft reset is the last option in this situation because resetting a phone while an application is working on data can corrupt that data. However, in general, a soft reset will only lose any unsaved data on your phone.

To perform a soft reset on an LG phone, you have two options. First, press and hold the power button and the power menu will open. Press restart and the phone will do a soft reset. If the power menu doesn’t open or the phone is very slow, press and hold the power and volume down buttons until the screen goes black and the LG logo appears. This will force the phone to reboot as if you had pressed the restart button.