Ultra 8 Factory Reset

So what has happened is the

  1. push-pin-in-small-hole for ten seconds reset started the restore process,
  2. then the front small display offered several methods of how to connect to do setup.
  3. One of these is web 192.168.1.1’, but that conflicted with the tcp link router also on that ip. I recalled that the ISP Router was allocating via its DHCP the WAN address of 192.168.40.229 so I tried that in a browser and it connected successfully. Asked me to create account details so I used my existing account, then after that slightly laborious process it offered me restore from the latest cloud backup which is currently in progress & worked very nicely.

From the Unifi Support Team

About your query, please note that the .unf backup file will only restore the configurations of the Network Application, whereas the .unifi backup will restore all the Application and OS settings of the UniFi Console.

You can check this article: https://help.ui.com/hc/en-us/articles/360008976393-UniFi-Backups-and-Migration that’ll help you with the migration and backup process.

Regarding resetting the device, please check this article:

https://help.ui.com/hc/en-us/articles/205143490-UniFi-How-to-Reset-Devices-to-Factory-Defaults

that’ll help you with the same.

August 25, 2025


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