The Best Way to Get Out of Safe Mode

The Best Way to Get Out of Safe Mode – This wikiHow teaches you how to restart your computer, tablet, or smartphone normally after you’ve opened it in Safe Mode. Safe Mode is a method used on computers, tablets or mobile phones by only loading the programs and information needed to carry out basic procedures. This is very useful if you want to diagnose a problem or remove a virus. You should only exit Safe Mode if you are sure that the problem that occurred has been resolved.

Windows computer

Restart computer. Click Start Image titled Windows Start, click the Power button Image titled Windows Power, then click Restart . Usually, this action is enough to get the computer out of Safe Mode.

• If the computer remains in Safe Mode, follow the next steps.

Go to StartImage titled Windows Start. Click the Windows logo in the lower left corner.

Type system configurationinto Start. The computer will search for the System Configuration application.

Click System Configuration . It’s a computer monitor-shaped icon at the top of the Start window. System Configuration will run.

Click the General tab in the upper left corner.

Check the ” Normal startup ” checkbox. This option is at the top of the General window .

Click the Boot tab . It’s at the top of the window.

Uncheck the ” Safe boot ” box. This box is on the left side of the center of the window. If the box is unchecked, Safe Boot has been disabled.

Click Apply → OK . These two options are at the bottom of the window. This action means that the computer is not set to run in Safe Mode by default .

Turn off the computer. Click Start Image titled Windows Start, select Power Image titled Windows Power, then click Shut down . The computer will shut down.

Leave the computer off for a few minutes. This aims to give time for the computer to actually shut down completely and refresh ( refresh ) the internal data cache .

Restart the computer. You can do this by pressing the ” Power ” button on the computer. When finished booting , the computer will exit Safe Mode.

• If your computer is still in Safe Mode, you may have to take it to a repair shop to have it repaired.

Mac computer

Restart the Mac computer. Open the Apple menuImage titled Mac Apple, select Restart… , then click Restart when prompted. Usually, this action is enough to get the computer out of Safe Mode.

• If the computer remains in Safe Mode, follow the next steps.

Make sure the keys ⇧ Shifton the Mac computer are not stuck (kept pressed). Pressing a key ⇧ Shiftwhile restarting your computer will put your Mac in Safe Mode. When this button is pressed, the Mac computer will always run in Safe Mode.

• If ⇧ Shiftit does get stuck, release the button and restart the Mac. If the computer is still running in Safe Mode, continue to the next step.

Turn off the computer. Open the Apple menuImage titled Mac Apple, select Shut Down… , then click Shut Down when prompted.

Restart your computer. Press the ” Power ” button on a Mac computer. The button is on the keyboard (for laptops) or on the monitor (for iMacs).

Press and hold the ⌥ Option+ ⌘ Command+ P+R button quickly. Do this as soon as you press the ” Power ” button on a Mac computer.

Keep holding the keys until the Mac makes a second startup sound. This may take approximately 20 seconds. During this time, the Mac will start up. [1]

• If your Mac doesn’t make a startup sound , wait for the Apple logo to appear a second time.

Wait for the Mac to finish restarting. This entire process will reset ( temporary ) system settings on a Mac computer. Once it’s fully powered on, your Mac computer will resume running in normal mode.

• If your Mac keeps running in Safe Mode, you may need to take it to a computer repair shop to have it repaired.

iPhone devices

Find out if your iPhone has been jailbroken or not. Unjailbroken iPhones don’t have a Safe Mode option by default, which means that you may be experiencing something else unrelated to this issue on your device.

Press and hold the ” Volume Down ” and ” Power ” buttons on the iPhone. This will force the iPhone to restart into normal mode. Press both buttons for a few seconds.

Release both buttons when the phone has turned off. You can do this when the phone screen has turned black.

Wait while the phone restarts. The Apple logo will appear and display for a few seconds to several minutes. After restarting, iPhone will return to normal mode.

Remove the problematic application or mod (modification). If your iPhone won’t boot normally and is jailbroken , then you may have recently installed something that is causing problems with the phone. Remove any recently installed apps, packages or mods to get your phone running normally again.

• This also applies to iPhones that are not jailbroken .

Restore ( restore ) iPhone . The best way to get your iPhone back to normal is to restore a backup ( backup ). If the iPhone has been jailbroken , this action will remove the jailbreak .

• If your phone hasn’t been jailbroken , you can solve this problem by restoring your iPhone to a previous version of the operating system backup.

Android device

Use the notification panel ( notification panel ). Swipe down from the top of the Android screen to display the notification panel, then tap SAFE MODE or another similar option. Usually, this will kick Android out of Safe Mode, although it may require restarting the device in the process.

• Not all Android devices have this option. If the SAFE MODE option is not in the panel, follow the next steps.

Restart Android device. Press and hold the ” Power ” button, then press Reboot or Restart in the window that appears. Usually, this action will kick the Android device out of Safe Mode.

• If your Android device keeps restarting in Safe Mode, follow the next steps.

Do a cold shutdown . You can do this by turning your phone off and waiting for a few minutes, then turning it back on:

• Press and hold the ” Power ” button.
  Tap Shut down .
  Leave the phone off for a few minutes.

Restart the phone while holding the ” Volume Down ” button. Press and hold the ” Volume Down ” and ” Power ” buttons at the same time to restart the phone from cold shut-down .

Clear cache on Android device. All temporary files related to Android startup will be deleted. In addition, temporary files in any application on your tablet or smartphone will also be deleted.

Try removing recently installed apps. If you recently installed an app, this is probably why your Android device is always running in Safe Mode. Remove any recently installed apps, then try restarting the device.

Reset Android device . If all else fails to solve the problem, you may have to reset your Android device to factory settings . All recent data on the Android device will be deleted. So, make sure to back up data on Android before you reset the device.

• If this action still doesn’t solve the Safe Mode problem, bring your Android device to a repairman.

Tips

• In most cases related to Safe Mode, restarting the computer usually fixes the problem.
  Try to unplug any peripherals (eg flash disk , mouse , charger, etc.) from the computer before you turn it back on.

Warning

• Attempting to exit Safe Mode before the problem is fixed can result in the computer getting stuck and continuously rebooting , or even completely unable to turn on.