Quick question about resetting an Instant Pot back to defaults

[Thomas Martinez]

Was looking into how to wipe out the settings on my Instant Pot. Apparently very stupidly simple, hold the Cancel button until you hear two beeps and it goes back to default settings. Thats it!
I’m making a post about it because I see people trying to overcomplicate it. Some people will unplug it. Others will try to use a sequence of buttons that one person posted in a comment. And some people who are considerably older will tell you there is no way to factory reset these. Well thats not true.

 

[Proud Pollan]

The cancel button hold work on my Duo Plus. Two beeps and its like new

 

[Mysteri]

Does holding the cancel button wipe out the saved time and temperature settings for a program like Pressure Cook?

 

[Famous Fla]

Does holding the cancel button wipe out the saved time and temperature settings for a program like Pressure Cook?

The machine will wipe out the saved customization to the time. If you change the time from the default of 35 minutes to something else and saved it, it will go back to 35. It will not just stop a program as that would be a single press of the button.

 

[We Love Mounta]

lmao at the people who unplug it. Like that does anything, the settings are in nvram not RAM

 

[Caesar's Bubble Returns]

On the Pro Crisp with the touchscreen there’s an actual settings menu, you can go into the settings and there’s a factory reset function. Cancel button hold still works on that model as well tho

 

[Mysteri]

The machine will wipe out the saved customization to the time. If you change the time from the default of 35 minutes to something else and saved it, it will go back to 35. It will not just stop a program as that would be a single press of the button.

interesting, so only that one program can be customized to your preference then? if I customize the time for the Rice program will it only reset that, or does holding the cancel button wipe out all of the settings at once?

 

[Breakable Baboon]

who is actually customizing there instant pot presets lol. I just hit the button for pressure cook and pick the time every time

 

[Famous Fla]

interesting, so only that one program can be customized to your preference then? if I customize the time for the Rice program will it only reset that, or does holding the cancel button wipe out all of the settings at once?

Hold the cancel button and it wipes out everything at once afaik. There’s no way to customize one program versus the others.

 

[In Search of Sc]

The older threads claiming you cannot factory reset your Instant Pots were most likely posted in 2017 when the Duo60 was the only model available and people didn’t read the manual to learn how to do a hold cancel trick.

 

[Proud Pollan]

The older threads claiming you cannot factory reset your Instant Pots were most likely posted in 2017 when the Duo60 was the only model available and people didn’t read the manual to learn how to do a hold cancel trick.

^this. Most the advice given for these pressure cookers on reddit is from 6 years ago.

 

[Spectacular Piano in the]

Mine is just sitting in the cupboard since I got an air fryer

 

[Unbeli]

Wait, two beeps? Mine only makes one long beep when I hold the cancel button.

 

[Caesar's Bubble Returns]

Wait, two beeps? Mine only makes one long beep when I hold the cancel button.

Two beeps means it worked. One long beep just means it recognizes the cancel button being held. You have to hold it longer.

 

[We Love Mounta]

Wait, two beeps? Mine only makes one long beep when I hold the cancel button.

It depends on the model. My Duo Nova makes two short beeps. My Ultra makes a different pattern.
as long as you hear it acknowledge twice your good

 

[Mic]

had a duo crash on me last year where it wouldnt take any input, off on screen. Hold cancel, unplug didnt work until I popped the lid and reseated the lid sensor cable. Seems like food had gotten into the rim and tripped the sensor. So if hold cancel doesnt work, check for physical issue first before thinking its bricked. Sat on unused for a month before I figured it out.

 

[Mysteri]

had a duo crash on me last year where it wouldnt take any input, off on screen. Hold cancel, unplug didnt work until I popped the lid and reseated the lid sensor cable. Seems like food had gotten into the rim and tripped the sensor. So if hold cancel doesnt work, check for physic…

that's wild, I didn't even know there was a lid sensor cable you could get to without taking the whole thing apart

 

[Breakable Baboon]

had a duo crash on me last year where it wouldnt take any input, off on screen. Hold cancel, unplug didnt work until I popped the lid and reseated the lid sensor cable. Seems like food had gotten into the rim and tripped the sensor. So if hold cancel doesnt work, check for physic…

food under the rim is so common, people tend to not clean the rim occasionally but then wonder why their rice cooker acts up.

 

[M.C. Escher's]

does this work on the mini? got a 3qt and I cant find a manual anywhere

 

[Proud Pollan]

does this work on the mini? got a 3qt and I cant find a manual anywhere

yeah works on the mini, same firmware family