# Totally resetting the PurpleAir

**URL:** https://community.purpleair.com/t/totally-resetting-the-purpleair/6134
**Category:** Troubleshooting
**Created:** [August 24, 2023, 8:40pm UTC](https://community.purpleair.com/t/totally-resetting-the-purpleair/6134 "2023-08-24T20:40:39Z")
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### Author: ![Brice\_Ruth](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.purpleair.com/brice_ruth/32/2973_2.png) [@Brice\_Ruth](https://community.purpleair.com/u/Brice_Ruth)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2024, 11:47pm UTC](https://community.purpleair.com/t/totally-resetting-the-purpleair/6134/5 "2024-01-03T23:47:10Z")

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You can grab the PurpleAir Utility app [The PurpleAir Utility](https://community.purpleair.com/t/the-purpleair-utility/673) and once you’re connected, there’s an action in the ‘Select a Flash Action’ menu for Erase ALL Memory (select that, then click Flash). You’ll want to grab a copy of the current firmware first, so you can follow-up the erase step with flashing the correct firmware (same menu as the erase, Choose a firmware file, then Flash).

At that point, you should be fully reset, if that’s what you’re wanting to try.

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