Thankfully, all hope is not lost for Windows computer users — there is a largely unknown alternative to using iTunes to back up and restore your iPhone to a PC.

Whether your iPhone had to be factory reset, or you just snagged a new iPhone, here's how you can restore your settings and more via your phone's backup.

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Find Contacts list, Reminders, Calendars entries missing from your iPhone? Restore iPhone contacts, calendars, reminders from iCloud.com via PC.

If you were locked out of your iPhone, you had to put your iPhone in DFU recovery mode, and then restore it via iTunes on Windows, or Finder on the Mac.

For example, after you download and install iOS 15.2 on your iPhone, you will now have the ability to reset and erase a locked iPhone without having to connect to a computer first.

Is your iPhone sluggish, crashing, or are you selling it for a new one? Then restore iPhone to factory settings beforehand.