How to Reset a Tapo Light Bulb: Soft Reset and Factory Reset

There are two ways to reset a Tapo smart bulb: a soft reset that keeps your existing settings, and a factory reset that erases all custom settings and restores the bulb to factory defaults. You might need to reset your Tapo light bulb if it is experiencing connectivity issues, being moved to a new Wi-Fi network, or being transferred to a new account.

Use a soft reset to troubleshoot minor issues without losing your settings, or a factory reset when reconfiguring the bulb from scratch. Both methods use the light switch — no app access or Internet connection is required.

Key Takeaways

• There are two ways to reset a Tapo smart bulb: a soft reset, which keeps your settings, and a factory reset, which erases all custom settings and returns the bulb to factory defaults.
• To perform a soft reset, turn the light switch off and on 5 times, pausing for one second between each cycle. The bulb will blink 3 times to confirm.
• To perform a factory reset, turn the light switch off and on 10 times, pausing for one second between each cycle. The bulb will blink 3 times to confirm.
• The light switch must be in the on position before starting either reset process.

How to Reset Your Tapo Smart Bulb

Refer to the video for additional information.

Soft Reset: Keep Your Current Settings

• Turn the light switch controlling the smart bulb to the on position first.
• Switch it off and on 5 times, pausing for one second between each cycle.
• The smart bulb should blink 3 times.

Factory Reset: Restore to Factory Defaults

• Turn the light switch controlling the smart bulb to the on position first.
• Switch it off and on 10 times, pausing for one second between each cycle.
• The smart bulb should blink 3 times.

To restore Kasa smart bulb to factory default settings and re-enable setup mode, please refer to How to reset TP-Link Kasa smart bulb.

For more details on your bulb's functions and configuration, visit the Download Center to download your product's manual.