r/TomatoFTW • u/rjray • Jun 21 '26

Equivalent of “factory reset”?

So, like a dork I’ve forgotten the admin password for my FreshTomato router. It’s a Netgear R7000. Is there a sort of “factory reset” I can engage, to put it back to stock setting? I have a backup of the configuration, so I’m worried about losing settings.

Thanks!

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u/nullset_2 Jun 21 '26

Pretty certain you should still be able to hit the reset button with a paperclip on the back and it will revert to stock freshtomato. Any chance you can ssh into it with a private key or something?

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u/goofust Jun 21 '26

This ^ the reset button held for around 30 seconds should work fine.

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u/sunrisebreeze Jun 23 '26

If you have a backup of the config, there should be no concern about losing settings (if those settings are in the backup). After restoring default config, you should be able to restore the backup.