JBL Pulse 3 Factory Reset

The JBL Pulse 3 speaker Volume UP and Play-Pause buttons.

These JBL Pulse 3 factory reset instructions show you how to return this Bluetooth speaker to its default settings and state. It erases any earlier paired Bluetooth devices from memory. Clearing these stops the Pulse 3 from connecting to any nearby Bluetooth devices after factory reset. Also, you might do this to get it ready for sale or re gifting, or to stop it from pairing with devices you no longer wish it to pair with.

JBL Pulse 3 Factory Reset, Step by Step Procedure

1. Turn on the JBL Pulse 3

Press and hold the Power button until it lights up.

The -Power- button on the JBL Pulse 3.

Find the Power button, as shown in the last picture above.

Then, this button lights up along with the battery power scale, as shown next.

The -Power- lamp glowing.

In our case, since we’ve paired the speaker with Bluetooth devices since the last factory reset, it does not enter pairing mode. We can tell that because the Pairing Status button is dark, rather than flashing.

The dark -Pairing Status- lamp.

2. Wait for the Power Up Sound

The Pulse 3 JBL speaker makes a rising electric guitar strum sound as it boots. When you hear this, the speaker is ready for use.

3. Press the Volume UP and Play-Pause Buttons Together

See the next picture to find the Play-Pause and Volume UP buttons.

The -Volume UP- and -Play-Pause- buttons on the JBL Pulse 3.

The speaker then runs its factory reset routine, as shown in the next picture. Note that all lamps light up for a couple seconds as the process executes.

Then after a short pause, the JBL Pulse 3 switches off. All the lights go out, and it makes the power-down guitar sound.

The speaker powered OFF with all lamps dark.

4. Check that your JBL Pulse 3 Did Indeed Factory Reset

Next, turn on the Pulse 3 again, as mentioned in step 1 above. I.e. Press and release the Power button.

Now this time, after factory reset, our speaker comes up in BT pairing mode, as shown next. Note that the Power button blinks white to denote this, as shown in the next picture. When it flashes or is dark, the Pulse 3 is not currently synced. indeed, we expect it not to pair to anything after a factory reset.

The -Pairing Status- lamp blinking.

A factory reset also reverts the selected color lightshow pattern back to default… a sort of rising horizontal color bar pattern.

5. Done with JBL Pulse 3 Factory Reset !

The factory reset is now done. You may now pack it up for sale, or pair it again with your favorite Bluetooth devices. The Pulse will no longer automatically link with any previously connected source BT device that is in range. So to restore auto pairing, manually link the Pulse 3 with a device. Then after that, any time that both speaker and that very device have Bluetooth turned on and are in range of one another, pairing with automatically occur again.