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title: "What are the average erasure times for Android and iOS devices?"
canonical: "https://support.blancco.com/space/KB/11633313/What%20are%20the%20average%20erasure%20times%20for%20Android%20and%20iOS%20devices%3F"
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<span style="color: #000000">Android erasure times are the following:</span>

- <span style="color: #000000">32GB device, 1 pass overwriting: 10-15 mins</span>
- <span style="color: #000000">128GB device, 1 pass overwriting: 25-45 mins</span>

<span style="color: #000000">Modern high-end devices are typically erased much faster then older and lower-end devices. If several overwriting passes are used (for example </span><span style="color: #000000">NSA 130-1 with 3 passes), the erasure time will increase accordingly.</span>

iOS erasure takes 3-15 minutes<span style="color: #003366"> (</span>[if no firmware downloading is needed](https://go.docs.blancco.com/wiki/spaces/KB/pages/11633356)<span style="color: #003366">)</span>. If overwriting is used in addition to iOS firmware update, the erasure time will increase.