How to Reset JBL Charge 4 Speaker

Here, we show how to reset the JBL Charge 4 speaker. Resetting puts the speaker back into its default factory state. Plus, it wipes any earlier paired Bluetooth devices from memory, and so, stops the speaker from pairing to any nearby Bluetooth devices after the reset. Also, hard reset it to get the Charge 4 ready for sale or re gifting.

How to Reset the JBL Charge 4

1. Turn on the JBL Charge 4

Press and release the Power button. It should light up solid white right away.

Picture of the JBL Charge 4 power bank speaker, top view, showing the Power button highlighted. — The JBL Charge 4 power bank speaker, top view, showing the Power button highlighted.

Find the Power button, pointed at by the green arrow in the last picture above.

Then, the Power button comes on, as shown next. Here, since we’ve paired the speaker with Bluetooth devices before this, it does not enter Bluetooth discovery mode by itself. We know that because the Bluetooth button remains OFF, rather than blinking white. Note the dark Bluetooth button, to the right of the glowing Power button in the next picture.

Top view of the speaker, showing the glowing Power button highlighted.

2. Wait for the Power Up Sound

The speaker makes a rising electric guitar strum sound when it powers up, and is ready for factory resetting once this sound finishes.

3. Press the Volume UP and Bluetooth Buttons Together

See the next picture to find the Bluetooth and UP Volume buttons.

The speaker top view, showing the Bluetooth and Volume Up buttons highlighted.

The speaker then enters reset, as shown in the next picture. Note that both the Power and Bluetooth buttons and the egg shaped ring that surrounds them. All of these light up for a couple seconds during reset. I.e. The ring and both buttons glow gray-white.

Top view picture of the speaker, showing the -Bluetooth- and -Power- buttons along with the enclosing oval ring lit, and highlighted. — Top view of the speaker, showing the -Bluetooth- and -Power- buttons along with the enclosing oval ring lit, and highlighted.

Then after a short pause, the JBL Charge 4 turns off. All lights go off, and it makes the power-down guitar sound.

The next picture shows the JBL Charge 4, powered down. All buttons are dark.

Picture of the top view of the speaker, showing the buttons panel. — Top view of the speaker, powered OFF, showing the buttons panel.

4. Check that your JBL Charge 4 Did Reset

Next, power on the speaker again, as we did in step 1 above. In short, press and release the Power button.

Now this time, after reset, our speaker instantly comes up in Bluetooth discovery mode, as shown next. We did not need to press the Bluetooth button first. Note that the Bluetooth button blinks to let you know that the speaker has entered Bluetooth discovery mode. When this button blinks or is dark, the speaker is not currently paired. Indeed, we expect it not to pair to anything after a hard reset.

Picture of the JBL Charge 4 speaker, powered ON, top view, showing the Bluetooth button lit or blinking, and highlighted. — JBL Charge 4 speaker, powered ON, top view, showing the Bluetooth button lit or blinking, and highlighted.

5. Done with How to Reset the JBL Charge 4 !

The JBL Charge 4 reset is now done. Thus you may now pack it up for sale, or pair it again with your favorite Bluetooth devices.

Since, as noted prior, this speaker will no longer automatically pair with any previously paired, in range Bluetooth device in pairing mode, you’ll need to forget the previously paired JBL Charge 4 listed in the Bluetooth devices section of your source device settings. Once that’s done, then manually pair the 4 with that device again if you want. Then after that, any time that both speaker and that device have Bluetooth turned on, pairing with automatically take place once more.

References for How to Reset the JBL Charge 4 Speaker

JBL Charge 4 Official Home Page at JBL.com

Revision History

2020-12-06: First published.