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title: "What to do before restoring your iPhone X in iTunes, recovery mode, DFU mode?"  
description: "What to do before restoring your iPhone X in iTunes, recovery mode, DFU mode?"  
author: "Deepak Aiyappa"  
published: 2018-10-15  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/50474/what-to-do-before-restoring-your-iphone-x-in-itunes-recovery-mode-dfu-mode  
category: "troubleshooting"  
tags: ["iphone x"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What to do before restoring your iPhone X in iTunes, recovery mode, DFU mode?

What to do before restoring [your iPhone](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/50411/what-to-do-if-your-iphone-x-can-t-be-detected-by-computer) X in iTunes, [recovery mode](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51465/how-to-fix-an-iphone-se-that-gets-stuck-on-recovery-mode-following-the-latest-ios-version), [DFU](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/50479/how-to-restore-iphone-x-in-dfu-mode) mode?\
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## Answers

### Answer by Hitesh Vohra

To get started, you'll need a **computer**, either a Windows PC or a Mac that's running the most recent operating system. You'll also need to download and install the most recent version of iTunes on your computer. \
**Important note**: Back up your iPhone as much as possible before doing a system restore. After the restoration, you may need to utilize parts of your existing contents again. However, you may back up your **[iPhone X](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/50429/how-to-fix-an-iphone-x-that-won-t-connect-to-app-store)** to iCloud or iTunes in advance. You're ready to start once you've secured these prerequisites and established a backup of your data. **[Read more](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/50421/how-to-fix-iphone-x-unable-to-verify-update-error)**


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