Robot vacuumshave evolved into must-have cleaning tools for busy homes, but theyre also techand tech sometimes has issues.

You may notice your Roomba isnt connecting to your wifi anymore or is somehow glitching, for instance.

In these cases, youll need to reboot or even factory reset.

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A reboot willnotdelete information, so your maps, schedules, and general preferences will be safe.

Youll need to confirm you want to trigger the action one more time before it starts.

If you want to do this manually or dont use an app, press and hold theCleanbutton.

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double-check you hold it down for the right amount of time required by your model.

If you have a j Series, you’ll press the button for nine seconds to reboot your Roomba.

The Roomba 800 and 900 series machines will reboot after you hold it for 10 seconds.

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Youll know its rebooting because a light will move in a circle around theCleanbutton.

If you factory reset your robot vacuum, you will lose all your data.

No more connections to your smart home devices.

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It wont even know what time zone its in anymore.

The vacuum will function like you just got it out of the box.

You might want to consider reaching out toiRobots customer care teamto troubleshoot before you clear out your whole gadget.

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If you reset it on the robot, cloud and app data will remain intact.

Tap the gear icon forProduct configs, thenAbout [unit name]andRemove unit From Account.

To do this on the machine itself, check which kind you have.

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Again, how you proceed will depend on your model.

On an e Series, press and holdHome,Spot Clean, andCleanfor 20 seconds.

With a 900 Series, press and hold theDock,Spot CleanandCleanbuttons until all the LED lights illuminate.

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Roomba Combos have a designatedResetbutton to the left of the on/off switch; just hold it for 10 seconds.

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