Resetting a Blink camera takes one button press and about 10 seconds, but the exact procedure depends on which camera you own. The reset button location, the hold duration, and whether you need to pull batteries first all change between the Mini lineup, the AA-powered Outdoor cameras, the Doorbells, and the Wired Floodlight. Here’s the right procedure for every current Blink model, plus the Sync Module reset (which is a separate thing people keep confusing with the camera reset).
Last updated: May 2026. Verified against Blink’s official support documentation at support.blinkforhome.com, covering the Mini, Mini 2, Mini 2K+, Mini Pan-Tilt, Outdoor 3rd Gen, Outdoor 4, Outdoor 2K+, Indoor, XT2, XT, the Video Doorbell, Battery Doorbell 2K+, Wired Doorbell 2K+, the Wired Floodlight Camera, the Outdoor 4 Floodlight, the Blink Arc, and the Sync Module / Sync Module 2 / Sync Module Core / Sync Module XR.
Find your model first
Blink has sold a lot of cameras since 2016, and the reset procedure is not the same across the line. Before you do anything: find the model name on the sticker on the back of the camera, or open the Blink app and tap the camera to see its model in the settings panel. Then jump to the matching section below.
- USB-powered (cable in the back): Blink Mini, Mini 2, Mini 2K+, Mini Pan-Tilt, Blink Arc – jump to Mini reset.
- AA battery powered: Outdoor 3rd Gen, Outdoor 4, Outdoor 2K+, Indoor, XT2, XT – jump to AA reset.
- Doorbells: Video Doorbell, Battery Doorbell 2K+, Wired Doorbell 2K+ – jump to doorbell reset.
- Wired ceiling/wall mounted: Wired Floodlight Camera – jump to floodlight reset.
- Sync Module: the small white hub – jump to Sync Module reset.
Before you reset: try this first
A factory reset wipes the camera’s Wi-Fi credentials and you have to add it back to your system from scratch. That’s a hassle. If your problem is just that the camera dropped offline, power-cycle the Sync Module first (unplug it, count to ten, plug it back in). About half the time that’s the whole fix and you can stop reading here.
Also worth knowing: a reset does NOT wipe the camera from your Blink account, delete thumbnails, or change your saved settings in the cloud. It only erases the camera’s local Wi-Fi config and puts it back into pairing mode. If you sold the camera or are giving it to someone else, you also need to delete it from your Blink app, otherwise the new owner can’t add it.
How to reset the Blink Mini, Mini 2, Mini 2K+, Mini Pan-Tilt, and Blink Arc
All of the USB-powered Mini cameras share the same reset procedure. The reset button is a small pinhole on the bottom of the camera. You’ll need a paperclip or SIM-tray tool – Blink’s docs specifically warn against safety pins and thumbtacks (because they can shear off in the hole, which is a fun way to brick a camera).
If your Mini 2 is on a wall mount, you have to pop the camera off the mount to get to the button. Leave the USB cable plugged in. For a Mini 2K+ inside a Blink Arc, slide each camera out of the Arc one at a time and reset them individually – the Arc itself doesn’t have its own reset; it’s just a mount holding two cameras.
Confirm the camera is plugged in and powered.
If the Mini is on a Pan-Tilt mount or Blink Arc, slide the camera off the mount (leave the USB cable connected).
Find the pinhole reset button on the bottom of the camera.
Using a paperclip, press and hold the reset button for more than 5 seconds.
Release when the LED turns red. Within a few seconds it will switch to a slow blue blink.
Slow blue blink means setup mode. Open the Blink app, tap the plus icon, and add the camera back to your system.
One quirk: there’s a difference between a short press and a long press on the Mini. A quick tap reboots the camera (useful if it’s frozen but you don’t want to wipe its Wi-Fi). A 5+ second hold is the actual reset. Don’t conflate them.
How to reset the Blink Outdoor (3rd Gen, 4, 2K+), Indoor, XT2, and XT
The AA-powered cameras don’t have a reset button in the usual sense. The “reset” is a power-cycle procedure: pull the batteries, hold a button while the camera has no power, then reinsert the batteries. The reset button itself sits inside the battery compartment.
This procedure is identical for the Outdoor 3rd Gen, the Blink Outdoor 4, the Outdoor 2K+, the Indoor, the XT2, and the original XT. If you’ve got the older XT, the battery cover is on the back and uses a screw – everyone else has a slide-off cover.
Take the camera off its mount so you can lay it flat. Slide off the back cover.
Remove both AA batteries.
With no batteries in the camera, press and hold the small reset button inside the battery compartment for 10 seconds. This drains the internal capacitors.
While still holding the reset button, reinsert both AA batteries.
Keep holding the reset button for about another 5 seconds, until the LED on the front of the camera flashes red.
Release the button. The camera will reboot and start blinking blue, which means it’s in setup mode.
Replace the battery cover. Open the Blink app and add the camera back to your Sync Module.
Use fresh lithium AAs when you put it back together, especially if you’re already up on a ladder. Blink’s official guidance is Energizer Ultimate Lithium AAs – they last roughly three to four times longer than alkalines in these cameras and they don’t collapse in cold weather. Mixing old and new batteries is a bad idea; the camera reads voltage off both cells and you’ll get false “low battery” warnings within days.
How to reset the Blink Video Doorbell and Battery Doorbell 2K+
The battery-powered doorbells use a hybrid procedure: pull the batteries OR press the reset button on the back. Blink’s official docs list both methods – either one works, but pulling the batteries is the simpler version because you don’t need a paperclip.
Use the included tool to pry the doorbell off its mounting bracket.
Remove the two AA lithium batteries. Wait five seconds.
Reinsert the batteries. Watch for a red LED to flash on the button ring.
If the red LED does not flash on its own, press and hold the reset button on the back of the doorbell for 5 seconds.
Once the red LED flashes, the doorbell is in setup mode and ready to be re-added in the Blink app.
If no red LED appears at all, the batteries are dead. Replace them with fresh AA 1.5V lithium non-rechargeable batteries and try again.
Wired Doorbell 2K+: cut power at the breaker first
The Wired Doorbell 2K+ has no batteries; it runs off your home’s doorbell transformer. To reset it: kill power at the breaker, pull the doorbell off its bracket, and then either press the reset button on the back or just restore power and let it reboot fresh. If you’re working on the chime wiring at the same time, leave the breaker off until you’re done; doorbell transformer voltage isn’t dangerous in the sense of killing you, but it’s enough to wreck the doorbell if you short the wrong contacts.
How to reset the Blink Wired Floodlight Camera
The Wired Floodlight Camera is the only Blink model where the reset button is on the TOP of the camera, and it’s deliberately invisible from the ground once installed. This is fine – it means kids and curious neighbors can’t reset it – but it does mean you need a ladder.
Blink distinguishes between a short press and a long press here, and they do different things:
- Short press (less than 5 seconds) – soft reset; resolves most setup issues without wiping your Wi-Fi.
- Long press (until you see a red LED flash) – full factory reset; erases Wi-Fi credentials, puts the camera in setup mode.
Cut power to the floodlight at the breaker box for safety, then put up your ladder.
Restore power. Locate the reset button on the top of the camera body.
For a soft reset (most setup issues): press and release the button. Wait a minute for the green solid LED and flashing blue LED to appear on either side of the lens.
For a full factory reset: press and hold the button until you see a red LED flash on the front of the camera, then release.
When the green solid + blue blinking pattern appears, the camera is in setup mode. Re-add it in the Blink app.
How to reset a Blink Sync Module (don’t confuse this with the camera reset)
The Sync Module is the small white hub that talks to your battery-powered cameras. It is NOT a camera, and resetting it is a separate procedure from resetting any camera. People mix this up constantly – half the troubleshooting threads on the Blink forums are someone factory resetting the Sync Module when the actual problem was one offline camera.
If only one camera is offline, do not reset the Sync Module – reset the camera. Only reset the Sync Module if all your cameras are offline together, or if you’re handing the Sync Module 2 over to a new owner. The procedure below works for the original Sync Module, Sync Module 2, Sync Module Core (bundled with newer Outdoor 4 kits), and the Sync Module XR.
Unplug the Sync Module from its power source.
Locate the reset button. On the Sync Module Core and Sync Module 2 it is on the back; on the original 1st-Gen Sync Module it sits next to the USB port.
Press and hold the reset button, then plug the Sync Module back into power while still holding the button.
Continue holding for 5 seconds, until you see a blinking red LED. Release.
Wait for the LEDs to settle. A blinking blue LED plus a solid green LED means the Sync Module is in setup mode.
In the Blink app, delete the old Sync Module from your system and add it back fresh. Then re-add each of your cameras.
If the blue-blinking + solid-green pattern doesn’t appear, the reset didn’t take – unplug it and try again. If it still won’t enter setup mode after two attempts, the Sync Module hardware may be the problem. Blink’s warranty is two years from purchase; open a support ticket before you go shopping.
Resetting a Blink camera to give to a new owner
The factory reset alone is not enough. The camera is still attached to your Blink account even after a hard reset, which means the new owner can’t add it. You need to delete it from the app first.
- Open the Blink app and tap the camera you’re selling.
- Go into camera settings, scroll to the bottom, and tap Delete Device.
- Confirm. The camera is now unlinked from your account.
- Now run the factory reset procedure above for whichever model you have. This wipes the camera’s local Wi-Fi config so the new owner can join their own network.
If you forget step 2, the new owner will hit an error when they try to add the camera and they’ll have to ask you to delete it from your account remotely. Don’t be that person.
Can you reset a Blink camera remotely from the app?
No. There is no remote reset button in the Blink app. Every reset procedure requires physical access to the camera – either to press a pinhole button or to pull batteries. The closest thing to a remote reset is “delete the camera from your system” in the app, which unlinks it but doesn’t actually wipe the camera’s stored Wi-Fi credentials. The next person to pick it up still has to do the physical reset.
You CAN remotely reboot the Sync Module 2 and Sync Module XR if you have a Blink Plus subscription – that option lives in the Sync Module’s settings panel – but rebooting is not the same as resetting. Reboot keeps your config; reset wipes it.
Resetting your Blink account password (different thing again)
If “reset my Blink” means “I forgot my password,” that’s a five-second job in the app:
- Open the Blink app and log out (or just hit the login screen).
- Tap “Forgot password” under the password field.
- Enter the email address on your Blink account. You’ll get a password reset link via email.
- Click the link, set a new password, and log back in.
None of this touches your cameras – they keep working and you don’t need to re-add anything.
Do Blink cameras factory reset themselves after a power outage?
No. After a power outage, the cameras and Sync Module reboot and reconnect automatically using their stored Wi-Fi credentials. None of your config is lost. If a camera doesn’t come back online after the outage, it’s either out of batteries, your router hasn’t fully booted yet, or your Wi-Fi password has changed since the camera was set up.
Related guides
- Everything you need to know about the Blink Sync Module – what it does, which version you need, and when you can skip it.
- Blink Outdoor camera review – hands-on with the current AA-powered Outdoor lineup.
- Best Blink camera settings – what to change after you’ve reset and re-added a camera.