Kodi is an ultimate media streaming tool, with its massive addon collection and limitless customizations. There comes some time when you stuck with some glitches or found your Kodi packed with some unwanted add-ons. After seeing that sometimes the only option which becomes suitable, is resetting the Kodi.
With this step by step illustrated guide, you are going to find out, how to Reset Kodi, Backup Kodi Data, Restore Kodi Backup and Uninstalling the Kodi from your Amazon firestick. Although you can uninstall the unwanted add-ons from your Kodi, sometimes to make Kodi faster and stream effortlessly, the only option left is resetting Kodi to its factory/default settings.
The illustration in the guide will help you to Reset Kodi, Uninstall, Restore, Backup Kodi Data. So if you also stuck with some bugs or not getting the streaming experience which was expected, then this guide will help you fix that.
Also always use a good VPN for streaming through Kodi, for a safe, protected and hassle-free experience. You may know that Kodi provides you to enjoy lots of quality stuff for free. And spending a few bucks on VPN services has so many benefits.
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How To Reset Kodi On Firestick?
The first and foremost things which you should do before resetting Kodi to its factory default is taking a backup of your Kodi settings and data. As resetting it will reset all of your Kodi Skins, System Settings add-ons, Builds, and other important stuff as well.
The best way to backup and reset Kodi is through using “Ares Wizard”.
Ares Wizard is a complete maintenance add-on for Kodi if you don’t have Ares Wizard installed on your Kodi you can install the Ares Wizard easily. Apart from Backup, Restore, And Optimizing Kodi, it helps in solving the buffering issue as well.
So, before proceeding to reset Kodi, you can backup your Kodi data using the below guide.
First Part, Backup Your Kodi Data
If you have customized your Kodi skins, Add-ons, Builds or any other setting, you can take backup of that data easily with below illustrations using Ares Wizard.
Before continuing further we would suggest taking note of things which you want for backup. Although none of the Kodi addons is capable of taking backup of each and every setting, you can backup most of the data by Ares Wizard.
Second Part, Reset Your Kodi On FireStick
There are two ways by which you can reset your Kodi on FireStick, one through uninstalling the Kodi On FireStick and installing it again, the other way is by clearing the data from Manage applications option inside the FireStick.
We are going to reset the Kodi Firestick with both ways, follow the illustrations for resetting Kodi.
Make sure you have backed up data with the above method, before going for further steps on firestick Kodi reset.
Method 1: Resetting Kodi With Clear Data Option
In this way, we are not going to uninstall Kodi but will use the application settings to clear the data and reset Kodi on Firestick.
Now we have finished resetting Kodi on FireStick, all the add-ons and settings have been removed completely and you can restore the backup of your data.
In the next part, we are going to see, how to remove Kodi from FireStick.
Method 2: Kodi Reset On FireStick By Uninstalling
Although, the above method can clear all the data and reset the Kodi on its default state, in some cases uninstalling and installing Kodi again is the ultimate way to reset Kodi on FireStick. You can follow the below illustrations to uninstall Kodi on FireStick.
Now, all the data of Kodi and Kodi itself is removed from the Firestick.
Which means Kodi uninstalled successfully on FireStick, Now you have to install it again in order to use Kodi on your FireStick.
Part Three, Restoring Kodi Data On FireStick
Now after installing the Kodi again on your FireStick, you have to install the Ares Wizard again in order to restore the data for your Kodi.
For restoring the data which you saved previously, you can follow the below illustrations which will help you to restore the backup easily.
Conclusion:
This was the complete guide on Kodi reset on firestick, Backup of Kodi, Restoring the Kodi data and Removing Kodi from FireStick. If you guys face any issue while follwoing the above guide, drop your message on comments and we will revert back quickly.
Also keep in mind that always use a good VPN for a safe and seamless streaming experience.