iPhone Will Not Come Out of Recovery Mode? 4 Ways to Fix

Samuel Spenser Published on April 11, 2025Recover Data3-min reading

Is your iPhone stuck in Recovery Mode when you try to update your iPhone, or did you just accidentally put your iPhone into this mode by pressing buttons on your iPhone? Are you also worried about your iPhone system being broken? This article is here to help you. Check these four quick ways to get iPhone out of Recovery Mode.

Method 1. How to Get iPhone Out of Recovery Mode in One Click (Easiest)

imyPass iPhone Data Recovery is not only an iPhone data recovery program, but also embedded in a totally free Recovery Mode exiting function. This program gets your iPhone out of Recovery Mode with only one click so that you can scan the deleted data on the iPhone, or just exit the program and use your iPhone.

Quickly check the steps to take iPhone out of recovery mode:

Method 2. Get iPhone Out of Recovery Mode (When iPhone Works Properly)

Suppose you manually enter iPhone Recovery Mode by pressing buttons on your iPhone, and this iPhone works properly before the Recovery Mode. In that case, you can force restart this iPhone, and the Recovery Mode will exit after your iPhone restarts again. Please check your iPhone model and follow the steps to force restart iPhone.

iPhone 6 and earlier:

Press and hold the Home and Power buttons.

iPhone 7/7 Plus:

Press and hold the Volume Down and the Power buttons together.

iPhone 8 and later:

Press the Volume Up button and then the Volume Down button quickly, and then press and hold the Power button.

See the buttons and their positions below (Power button is the same with Side or Sleep/Weak button):

Hold the button(s) until you see the white Apple Logo, and your iPhone will restart without Recovery Mode.

Method 3. Exit Recovery Mode Using iTunes/Finder

You can use Finder or iTunes to get the iPhone out of Recovery Mode. iTunes and Finder help update iOS, restore iOS, and fix the iOS system when it crashes. Therefore, if your iPhone can't get out of the recovery mode because of system issues or you failed to exit the mode using the two former methods, try using this method. But please be aware, exiting Recovery Mode using iTunes or Finder will restore your iPhone and erase all data. So, back up your iPhone first.

See how to get out of recovery mode on the iPhone:

Method 4. Force Exit Recovery Mode by DFU Mode

The last resort is to force exit Recovery Mode by the DFU mode. DFU mode is used to fix severe iOS issues and rewrite your iPhone firmware from computers. Simply putting your iPhone into or out of DFU mode won't erase your iPhone data. But if you restore your iPhone through DFU mode and fix the Recovery Mode won't exit error will wipe your iPhone. Therefore, you should also back up your iPhone before using this method.

See the following steps to put your iPhone into DFU mode:

iPhone 6 and earlier:

Press and hold the Home and Power buttons for 8 seconds.

iPhone 7/7 Plus:

Press and hold the Volume Down and the Power buttons for 8 seconds.

iPhone 8 and later:

Press the Volume Up button and then the Volume Down button quickly, and then press and hold the Power button. When the screen goes black, don't release the Power button and hold the Volume Down button for 5 seconds.

Then, release the Power button and still hold the other button(s) for 5 seconds. If nothing appears after you release the power button, you have entered the DFU mode successfully.

Conclusion

How to get iPhone out of Recovery Mode? This article tells you four ways and gives you a thorough guide. In conclusion, if your iPhone still works properly, you can force restart it and exit Recovery Mode. If your iPhone is stuck in this mode, use imyPass iPhone Data Recovery to exit Recovery quickly for free. The last two methods alow you to fix some potential iOS system issues and exit the mode, but all the data will be erased. Please try each of them and I am sure you will find the working one.