Oakley Meta Vanguard: How to Force Restart and Factory Reset

Quick summary: If your Oakley Meta Vanguard glasses won’t turn off or are acting up, a force restart takes 10 seconds. If you’re selling them, giving them away or setting them up fresh, do a factory reset and unpair them from your phone.

Force restart

1. Find the power button on the left side of the frame.
2. Press and hold it for about 10 seconds. The LED turns red and the glasses shut off. In the Meta AI app they’ll show as not connected.
3. Wait. After about five seconds, mine rebooted on their own and reconnected to my phone.
4. If yours don’t come back on, press and hold the power button for a few seconds to turn them on.

Factory reset

1. Close the glasses (fold the arms).
2. Find the capture button. It’s on the bottom of the right side of the frame.
3. Press it five times, then let go. After about five seconds, the glasses reboot into setup mode.
4. On your phone, open Bluetooth settings, tap Oakley Meta and choose Unpair.

Now they’re ready to sell, give away or set up again.

Get them

• Oakley Meta Vanguard from Meta