# Reset and Reboot Procedures

Have you tried turning the device off and on again?  
Sometimes all that is needed is a reboot. This can be done for the skaarOS / the full Blue Pill / or per package.

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#### Blue Pill Reboot

On the Settings page, click the Reboot button in the System Information section. This will restart the entire unit.

[![reboot.jpg](https://wiki.skaarhoj.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-04/scaled-1680-/reboot.jpg)](https://wiki.skaarhoj.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-04/reboot.jpg)

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#### Package Restart

You can restart an individual package on the Packages page. Click on the status of the package (being Running or Stopped) to be restarted.

[![packages-page.jpg](https://wiki.skaarhoj.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-04/scaled-1680-/y2Npackages-page.jpg)](https://wiki.skaarhoj.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-04/y2Npackages-page.jpg)

Then click 'Restart' in the pop-up.

[![restart.png](https://wiki.skaarhoj.com/uploads/images/gallery/2022-08/scaled-1680-/restart.png)](https://wiki.skaarhoj.com/uploads/images/gallery/2022-08/restart.png)

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#### Reactor > Clear config directory

If a configuration has crashed Reactor, and you can only access the 'Packages' and 'Settings' pages, you may need to erase the content of the cofiguration directory.

<table border="1" id="bkmrk-note%3A-this-will-eras" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; border-width: 2px; border-color: #E03E2D;"><colgroup><col style="width: 99.8765%;"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="border-width: 2px; border-color: rgb(224, 62, 45);">Note: This will ERASE ALL CONFIGURATIONS on the device.</td></tr></tbody></table>

On the Packages pages, click 'Reactor'. Then click 'Clear config directory'. Finally click 'Confirm and restart'.

[![clear-config.jpg](https://wiki.skaarhoj.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-04/scaled-1680-/clear-config.jpg)](https://wiki.skaarhoj.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-04/clear-config.jpg)

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#### Factory Reset

If you think you really messed up the Blue Pill in some way, you can do a full Factory Reset of the unit.

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In the System Information section there is a Reset button. Press it and follow the prompts.  
You can even hold down \[Shift\] on you keyboard and press 'Reset'. This will initiate 'Hard System Reset'.

[![reset.jpg](https://wiki.skaarhoj.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-04/scaled-1680-/reset.jpg)](https://wiki.skaarhoj.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-04/reset.jpg)

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#### No access to Reactor webpage

If you are not able to access Reactor webpage at all, then you have two options:

1. Press paperclip into 'Config Button' hole on back of device &gt; hold it for 5 secs.  
    This will reset IP address to DHCP - and enable the Wifi module, allowing you to access it using a wireless connection. Please read the wiki 'Accessing Blue Pill &gt; Wi-Fi Access Point' for this: [https://wiki.skaarhoj.com/books/blue-pill-reactor/page/accessing-blue-pill-1be](https://wiki.skaarhoj.com/books/blue-pill-reactor/page/accessing-blue-pill-1be)
2. Do a complete Reflash of the software.  
    This will replace the entire software-image-file. A guide is provided in this article: [https://wiki.skaarhoj.com/books/blue-pill-reactor/page/reflash-blue-pill-devices](https://wiki.skaarhoj.com/books/blue-pill-reactor/page/reflash-blue-pill-devices)