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Restarting your Meta Quest 2

If you're having trouble with your Meta Quest 2, restarting your headset might help to fix the issue.

To restart your headset:

  1. With your headset on and powered on, press and hold the power button on the right side of your headset until you see the Power off screen.
  2. Select Restart. Your headset will turn off and then turn back on.

If you're unable to restart your headset:

  1. Press and hold the power button for at least 10 seconds. This will manually turn off your headset.
  2. Wait 30 seconds.
  3. Press and hold the power button until your headset turns back on.

For specific troubleshooting tips, you can check out our Fix a Problem help articles. You can also contact Support for more help.

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