How to Hard Reset JBL Clip 4

An Echo Dot 4 clock speaker alongside a JBL Clip 4 BT speaker.

Here, we go over how to hard reset the JBL Clip 4 Bluetooth speaker to its default settings. Hard resetting restores this speaker to its hard default state. Moreover, it clears any prior paired Bluetooth devices from its memory. Erasing these stops the Clip 4 from pairing to any nearby Bluetooth devices after hard reset. Also, you would do this to get the unit ready for sale or re gifting, or to stop it from connecting with devices you no longer wish it to pair with.

How to Hard Reset a JBL Clip 4: Step by Step

1. Turn on the Speaker

Press and hold the Power button until the status lamp on top lights.

The -Power- button on the left side of the JBL Clip 4.

First, find the Power button, as we see in the last picture above.

Then, the status light comes on, as the next picture shows.

The status lamp, glowing white.

2. Wait for the Power Up Musical Sound

The speaker makes a rising electric guitar strum sound when it powers up. Then, the 4 is ready for hard reset after this sound ends.

Now the speaker may or may not pair with a device. That depends on whether there are any in-range Bluetooth devices that know about this Clip. Nonetheless, whether paired or not, the hard reset works the same way, as follows.

3. Press the Volume UP and Bluetooth Buttons Together

Find the Volume Up and Bluetooth buttons.

The Volume Up button is on the front of the speaker, near the top, to the right. See it next.

The -Volume Up- button.

And the Bluetooth button is on the left side of the speaker, as we point out in the next picture.

The -Bluetooth Pairing- button on the left side of the JBL Clip 4.

After you press and hold these two buttons, the speaker then enters its hard reset routine.

Next, after a short pause, the Clip 4 turns off. The status lamp goes dark, and the speaker makes the power-down guitar sound.

The dark status lamp.

4. Check that The Hard Reset of the JBL Clip 4 Did Indeed Work

Next, power on the Clip 4 again, as we did in step 1 above.

Note that after a hard reset, our speaker comes up in pairing / discovery mode. The status lamp fast flashes white to tell us this, and you should now be able to see the speaker in a BT source device when connecting to it.

5. Done with How to Hard Reset the JBL Clip 4 !

The hard reset is now complete. So you may now sell or gift it, or pair the speaker once more with your favorite Bluetooth devices.

After this reset, the speaker no longer automatically pairs with any previously connected device that is in range and in pairing mode. Thus, to restore automatic Bluetooth pairing, you have to first manually pair the Clip 4 with a device. Finally, after that, any time that both speaker and that device have Bluetooth turned on, pairing would automatically take place once more.