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EnglishPersonal settings -> Reset vehicle data for your BMW i4 2021-2025
Personal settings
CONTROLS
Personal settings
This personal data can be permanently de-
leted using iDrive.
Vehicle features and options
This chapter describes model-specific equip-
ment, systems, and functions that are currently
available, or may become available in the fu-
ture, even if they are not present in the vehicle.
General information
Depending on the equipment, the following
data is deleted:
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BMW IDs or driver profiles.
Stored radio stations.
Stored shortcuts.
Additional information:
Vehicle equipment, refer to page 8.
Navigation, for instance stored destina-
tions.
Data protection
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Phone book.
Data transfer
Online data, e.g., favorites, cookies.
Office data, for instance voice memos.
Login accounts.
Principle
The vehicle offers different services, whose
use requires a data transfer to BMW or a serv-
ice provider.
Digital key.
Altogether, the deletion of the data can take
up to 15 minutes. In addition, the vehicle is re-
moved from the My BMW App and Connected-
Drive customer portal so that remote functions
can no longer be used.
General information
The data transfer can be deactivated for some
services. When the data transfer is deacti-
vated, the respective service cannot be used.
Functional requirements
Settings
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Data can only be deleted while stationary.
The data transfer can be configured in different
stages or individually for separate services.
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The vehicle key must be in the vehicle.
Deleting data
1.
Apps menu
The personal data in the vehicle will be deleted
when the vehicle is reset to the factory set-
tings.
2. "Vehicle"
3. "System settings"
4. "Data privacy"
Additional information:
5. Select the desired setting.
Resetting vehicle data, refer to page 70.
Deleting personal data in the vehicle
Reset vehicle data
Principle
All individual settings can be reset to the fac-
tory settings when the drive-ready state is
Depending on the usage, the vehicle stores
personal data such as stored radio stations.
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Personal settings
CONTROLS
switched off. Data can only be deleted while
the vehicle is stationary. The vehicle key must
be in the vehicle.
With driver recognition, a BMW ID or driver
profile can be activated as soon as you unlock
your vehicle. For this, a vehicle key or digital
key must be linked with the BMW ID or driver
profile. After unlocking, you can change the
BMW ID or driver profile.
1.
Apps menu
2. "Vehicle"
3. "System settings"
4. "Reset vehicle data"
5. "Reset vehicle data"
If no BMW ID or driver profile is activated when
the vehicle is unlocked, the vehicle loads the
guest profile.
If the synchronization of settings has been en-
abled for a BMW ID in the vehicle, the personal
settings are kept in the BMW Cloud.
Functional requirements
The vehicle must be stationary to create,
change, delete, or edit a BMW ID.
Logging in the vehicle with a BMW ID and
synchronization with the BMW Cloud are only
possible when the vehicle has cellular network
reception.
BMW ID/driver profiles
Principle
In ConnectedDrive countries, the BMW ID is
the personal login for all relevant offers for the
BMW brand. The BMW ID can be used in the
vehicle to store and activate personal vehicle
settings.
Welcome window
After unlocking the vehicle, a Welcome window
is shown on the control display. The type of
the welcome depends on the following prereq-
uisites:
In non-ConnectedDrive countries, the personal
vehicle settings can be stored in driver profiles.
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The vehicle does not have a stored BMW
ID or driver profile:
If a vehicle is used by several people, each per-
son can use their own BMW ID in the vehicle. If
a BMW ID is activated, the settings stored for it
are applied to the vehicle.
The welcome is neutral. An option to add a
BMW ID or create a driver profile is offered.
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The vehicle key or the digital key has not
been assigned to a BMW ID or a driver pro-
file:
General information
The welcome is neutral. The stored BMW
IDs or the stored driver profiles are offered
for selection. Additionally, it is possible to
add a new BMW ID or create a new driver
profile.
The BMW ID must be registered once. A BMW
ID can be registered via the My BMW App, in
the ConnectedDrive Portal, or through an au-
thorized service center.
A driver profile is created in the vehicle.
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A BMW ID or driver profile has been as-
signed to the vehicle key or digital key:
Many of the settings that are stored for a BMW
ID in the vehicle can be synchronized with the
BMW Cloud. This makes these settings availa-
ble in any vehicle where the same BMW ID is
used to log in.
The welcome is personalized, the stored
settings are activated. The BMW ID or the
driver profile can be changed.
As soon as the drive-ready state is turned on
or the control display is tapped outside of the
Welcome window, the welcome will be hidden.
The vehicle can store three BMW IDs or three
driver profiles.
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