Philips Hue sensible lights are among the most dependable and intuitive we have had the pleasure of utilizing, however that does not imply there will not be events when it’s worthwhile to reset them.

Perhaps one thing within the sensible dwelling chain is taking part in up, you need to give your Hue system to a good friend, promote it, or maybe you simply need to begin your sensible dwelling configuration once more from scratch.

Whether or not you may have a normal Philips Hue bulb or bridge, or a Philips Hue Bluetooth bulb, the excellent news is that resetting Philips Hue sensible bulbs is simple, and should not take you lengthy to do. So, whether or not you are resetting a single bulb or an entire system, here is find out how to go about it.

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Reset a Philips Hue bulb

Should you’re coping with a single Philips Hue bulb or standalone lamp, and also you need to reset this by itself, it’s worthwhile to undergo the Hue app for Android or iOS – which is most probably the way you arrange the bulb within the first place.From the principle display of the app, faucet ‘Settings‘ (backside proper nook), and select ‘Lights‘.

Faucet on the sunshine you need to reset, then faucet ‘Delete‘. The system will get forgotten by the app and is able to be added once more or utilized in a totally totally different system.

Should you’re not utilizing the Hue Bridge and Hue app, verify contained in the app you might be utilizing.

For instance, Hue bulbs might be faraway from Zigbee-enabled Echo sensible audio system, and reset by tapping on ‘Units’ within the Alexa app; select the room group, then the bulb, then the settings cog (top-right), then the trash icon (top-right once more).

Bulbs may also be reset if in case you have an official Philips Hue Dimmer Change at dwelling. With the sunshine in query turned on, maintain the Dimmer Change near it and maintain down the On and Off buttons collectively for 10 seconds or so.

When the sunshine blinks after which stops blinking, the bulb is reset.

Reset a Philips Hue Bridge

For a extra complete reset, you may return your Hue Bridge to its manufacturing unit settings – this may reset all of the lamps and bulbs in your system on the similar time. The Hue Bridge and any lights will then should be arrange once more from scratch, the identical method you probably did once you first purchased them.

There’s not a lot to the method right here: flip your Hue Bridge over and you need to discover a ‘restore manufacturing unit settings’ button, as pictured above. Maintain this down for a number of seconds and your complete system will get reset; you are going to want a paperclip or another small, skinny object to poke down the outlet subsequent to the label.

Notice that the official Philips Hue assist paperwork solely suggest resetting a system if you happen to’re instructed to by a customer support advisor – it isn’t one thing to do evenly. Relying in your setup, you could have to enter the serial numbers of your Hue bulbs so as to add them once more after a reset.

Keep in mind that resetting your Hue Bridge means all of your lights and equipment are forgotten on the community. You will lose your preferences, mild groupings, scenes, routines, widgets, and so forth. It truly is a last-resort choice.

Reconfigure your Philips Hue community

At any time when attainable, it is best to attempt to keep away from resetting your Philips Hue bulbs and the Philips Hue Bridge.

Be sure you’ve explored all the opposite troubleshooting choices obtainable to do earlier than deleting lights from the system or triggering the manufacturing unit reset button on the Hue Bridge.

Should you simply need to reconfigure your bulbs or assign them to totally different rooms, for instance, this may be simply finished contained in the Hue app. Faucet by means of into a selected room from the Dwelling tab, faucet the menu button (three dots, top-right), and you’ll add new lights or rename those you have acquired.

Select ‘Edit Room‘ and the app permits you to swap your lights round: bulbs and lamps might be added to or faraway from the present room, and you’ll rename components too by tapping on the pen within the prime proper nook. Should you’ve moved your Hue Go upstairs (or downstairs), that is the way in which to vary your Hue setup with out resetting something.

The identical goes for third-party apps and platforms, although you would possibly have to verify the official assist paperwork for particulars.

Should you’ve added Philips Hue to a Google Dwelling community, for example, head into the Google Dwelling app in your telephone – faucet on the settings tab within the backside proper after which faucet the bulb you need to take away to unlink out of your Google Dwelling community.

What’s ‘Clear up’ within the Philips Hue app?

Should you click on the settings button within the backside proper hand nook after which faucet on ‘Hue Bridge Settings’ then you definitely’ll see a display pop up with the choice to ‘Clear up’.

Tempting, proper?

However solely faucet it ought to make certain what it will do and that’s:

Take away all the info out of your Bridge aside out of your rooms, zones, teams and lights; successfully it is going to delete all scenes, automations, schedules and sensible management configurations in your Hue app and third celebration apps as nicely.

That is undoubtedly one thing to attempt if you happen to’re having troubles and you might be contemplating a tough reset in your Hue system.