How To Reset Unlock Pattern On Oculus Quest

So here'due south the thing – it was a really long time agone when I tested and configured the unlock blueprint for my Quest 2 headset. The pattern was simply applied to my saved passwords and not the headset itself.

Anyway, today I needed to draw the unlock pattern to employ i of my saved passwords… and I merely couldn't remember it! I tried and I tried to remember, but finally gave upwards when Oculus started delaying my retry attempts.

Surely in that location is a way to remove the unlock blueprint, right? And in fact, there is.

The easiest fashion to remove and reset the Quest 2 unlock pattern is using the Oculus mobile app. You will find the option under headset settings (Oculus PIN is needed to complete the action). In case that doesn't work, factory resetting your Quest ii will also remove the configured unlock pattern.

Allow's dive into details and explain the process step-past-footstep.

Remove Unlock Pattern using Oculus Mobile App

Open up Oculus App on your phone
Click Menu on the bottom-right of your screen.

Click on Devices

Connect your headset
Curlicue down to Headset Settings and tap Unlock Pattern
Tap on Remove Unlock Pattern
Enter your Oculus Pivot and tap Submit
Congratulations! Your Unlock Pattern should at present be removed.

Note! If you have also forgotten your Oculus PIN, click on the link to read my article about all the different means you lot tin reset your PIN code.

The thing is that, even though the official transmission from Meta states that you can remove the unlock pattern this way, it didn't work for me. Instead what I got was a "Headset doesn't support this operation" error bulletin each and every different style I tried it.

Based on the fact that I couldn't observe other users having the same issue, I believe this method should and will piece of work for you. Yet, if it doesn't then here is my actual (not the near elegant) solution which restored my full access to the headset.

Remove Quest 2 Unlock Pattern By Factory Resetting

Yep. The expert sometime factory reset will get rid of the unlock pattern that you (and I) have somehow forgotten. I personally used the Oculus mobile app to complete the factory reset:

Open the Oculus app on your phone
Click on Bill of fare (bottom-right)
Tap on Devices
Connect your headset
Select Advanced Settings
Tap on Factory Reset and and then Reset

Another way to factory reset your Quest two is to printing and agree the "Power" and "Volume down" buttons down simultaneously until your headset enters "USB Update Mode" (meet image beneath). Utilise the volume buttons to navigate to the "Manufacturing plant reset" option and press the power button to confirm.

Annotation! Are you having any worries or doubts about factory resetting your headset? Click on the link to read my previous commodity where I demonstrate the whole procedure footstep-by-pace and listing specific actions to take before and after.

I hope the article was useful and you have now regained total access to your headset.

Martin Rakver

I am a software engineer and tech enthusiast. During my free time, I similar to immerse myself in the world of virtual and augmented reality, which I believe volition exist more and more prominent in the years to come.