How to Factory Reset Echo Spot Speaker

You might factory reset your Echo Spot speaker to fix faulty behavior, put it on a different Amazon account, or to prepare it for sale or gifting. Further, when troubleshooting, it’s always best before deciding that your Echo Spot is broken, to try a factory reset before junking the unit. In this piece thus, we offer these factory reset instructions that show how to factory reset echo spot.

What you Should Do First

Power up your Echo Spot before factory resetting.  You won’t be able to run this with the unit OFF.

How to Factory Reset Echo Spot Speaker: Step by Step

1. Swipe down from Screen Top

Firstly, pull down the main menu screen as we see in the next pictures.

This reveals the Echo Spot control menu, as shown next.

2. Tap the Settings Button

This is the gear-shaped icon near the top right edge of the main menu screen, as pointed at by the green arrow in the next picture.

The Settings screen then displays, as shown next.

3. Scroll Down the Settings Screen to Continue with How to Factory Reset your Echo Spot Speaker

You can navigate the Settings screen by moving finger up on the touchscreen.

Now you’re looking for the Device Options item.

4. Stop Swiping when you See the Device Options Menu Item

See this item displayed next.

5. Then Tap the Device Options Item

This brings up the Device Options screen, as shown next.

6. Move Finger Up On Screen to Continue with How to Factory Reset Echo Spot Speaker

This then scrolls down through the Device Options list.

Now you are looking for the Reset to Factory Defaults option, as we see next, pointed at by the green arrow.

7. Tap the Reset to Factory Defaults Option

The Reset to Factory Defaults confirmation screen then appears.

Here, Echo Spot warns us that factory resetting will deregister it from our Amazon account. Then, afterwards, it further explains that we can register Echo Spot again with either the same account, or a different Amazon account. Finally, it asks if we really want to deregister it.

8. Tap the Confirmation / Yes Button

That is, tap the right arrow button in the lower right edge of the touchscreen, pointed at by the green arrow in the last picture.

The Factory Reset Begins

The Echo Spot then starts the factory reset. Thus, it lets us know this by briefly displaying an orange light ring around the outer edge of the screen face, as shown next.

The Speaker Then Goes Dark Briefly

Next, after several seconds, the unit powers off, and accordingly, the screen goes blank and dark. Shown next.

The Echo Spot Speaker Starts Booting

After another few seconds, the speaker comes on again and begins booting. After that, the Amazon logo screen first appears as shown next.

Then, a sort of Wait screen displays, with a white light ring and blinking blue dots, as shown next.

Various Logo Screens Then Appear

Then, the Echo logo screen appears, as the unit erases all previously used WiFi and account information from its memory, as displayed next.

Then, the Optimization Process Begins

Optimization consumes the most time during the factory reset process, taking several minutes to finish.

As it runs, the Spot displays a round progress bar ring that slowly advances while it optimizes its software and other resources. Shown in the next three pictures.

 

 

Finally, the Factory Reset of the Echo Spot  Speaker Finishes

Then, after system optimization finishes, the Spot displays the blue Getting Your Device Online… screen, as shown next.

Lastly, after several seconds, the factory reset finishes. You’ll know it’s done successfully when the Select Device Language screen appears, as shown next.

At this point, factory reset has finished, and you may now set up your Echo Spot again, or get it ready to sell or gift.

Other Posts About the Echo Spot Speaker

1. 1. Echo Spot Change WiFi Instructions
   2. Updating Firmware on Echo Spot
   3. Echo Spot Power Supply Specs
   4. How to Find Echo Spot IP Address
   5. Echo Spot WiFi Setup Instructions

References for How to Factory Reset Echo Spot Speaker

1. 1. Amazon Help: How to Reset your Echo Speaker Devices
   2. Where to Buy an Echo Spot Speaker