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How can I remove app data permanently from my iPhone?

Gonzalo Martinez
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Gonzalo Martinez is the President of CleverTech, a tech repair business in San Jose, California founded in 2014. CleverTech LLC specializes in repairing Apple products. CleverTech pursues environmental responsibility by recycling aluminum, display assemblies, and the micro components on motherboards to reuse for future repairs. On average, they save 2 lbs - 3 lbs more electronic waste daily than the average computer repair store.

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App Cleaner is a really good solution for this. You can manage all of the related files and you can completely erase apps and any related data as well.

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How do I clear storage space on my iPad?

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Go to your settings, and then select general. Under iPhone storage, you'll get a breakdown of everything that's taking up space on your device?

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Is it possible to retrieve deleted data from a hard drive?

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It is, although it's much easier to do with a traditional hard drive. The solid-state hard drives that are super popular these days make this much harder to do.

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What does pressing control alt delete do?

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CTRL+ALT+Delete opens a menu where you can do things such as log out, open task manager, switch users, etc.

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How can I destroy the NAND flash card present on my iPhone?

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There are many ways to do this, but the best option would be to open up the iPhone, dissemble it until you get to the logic board, and take a hot air gun to desolder it. Once you've done that, you can put it in a grinder and destroy it.

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How do I obliterate an iPhone (I have fireworks so Id like to use that) and the iPhone has been soaked in water for a week. Is it destroyed?

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Take it to an Apple store for them to check, if they say it is destroyed, then you can destroy it.

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