How to Reset Canon Rebel T7

There are a few reasons you might need to reset your Canon Rebel T7. Some of the most common include:

• You might have been messing with settings and ended up with results that aren’t what you planned.
• You might be lending the camera to someone else (or returning it).
• Or you might be selling the camera.

But whatever the reason, here’s how to reset the settings of your Canon Rebel T7 and get it back to the default settings.

There are some things worth noting first, though:

• This will not roll back firmware to a previous version.
• This will not format the memory card. (By all means, remove it if you like.)

How to Clear Settings on the Canon Rebel T7

Somewhat confusingly, Canon doesn’t use the word “reset” for this procedure–most other camera manufacturers do.

Instead, they refer to “Clear settings.” That’s still logical and clear–but I mention it in case you were looking for the word Reset in the menu system (I was at first).

You find this command under:

Settings 3 (wrench icon with three dots) > Clear settings

There are two levels of reset available on the Rebel T7. Here’s what they are and what they do.

Clear all camera settings

This is mostly self-explanatory in that it resets the settings back to their defaults.

But there’s a bit of a quirk that isn’t self-evident–at least, not to me. And that is that the Clear all camera settings function doesn’t actually work as a “clear everything” procedure.

Specifically, it doesn’t clear any Custom Functions you’ve set. So if you want to clear everything, you need to do both of these.

Clear all Custom Func. (C.Fn)

This refers to any custom functions you have set. It leaves other settings untouched.

Working with the custom functions is beyond the scope of this post, but it refers to settings like exposure level increments, high-ISO noise reduction, low-light autofocus assist, and the functions assigned to certain buttons. You can find more information about them in the manual in the Customizing the Camera chapter.

Default Settings Chart

Another option is a more fine-tuned approach of changing individual settings. If you prefer that rather than the more global resets above, this table shows the default settings of the Canon Rebel T7. ¹

Section	Function	Setting
Shooting Function Settings	AF operation	One-Shot AF
	AF point selection	Automatic selection
	Drive/self-timer	Single shooting
	Metering mode	Evaluative metering
	ISO speed	AUTO
	ISO Auto	Maximum 3200
	Exposure Compensation	Canceled
	Flash exposure compensation	0
	Custom Functions	Unchanged
Image Recording Settings	Image quality	Large
	Picture Style	Auto
	Auto Lighting Optimizer	Standard
	Peripheral illuminuation correction	Enable / Correction data retained
	Color space	sRGB
	White balance	Ambience priority
	Custom White Balance	Canceled
	White balance correction	Canceled
	White balance bracketing	Canceled
	File numbering	Continuous
	Dust Delete Data	Erased
Camera Settings	Auto power off	30 sec.
	Beep	Enable
	Release shutter without card	Enable
	Image review	2 sec.
	Histogram display	Brightness
	Image jump w/dial	10 images
	Auto rotate	On
	LCD brightness	Middle
	LCD off/on button	Shutter button
	Date/Time/Zone	Unchanged
	Language	Unchanged
	Screen color	1
	Feature guide	Enable
	Copyright information	Unchanged
	Eye-Fi transmission	Disable
	Wi-Fi/NFC	Disable
	Wi-Fi function	Unchanged
	My Menu settings	Unchanged
	Display from My Menu	Disable
Live View Shooting Settings	Live View shooting	Enable
	AF method	FlexiZone - Single
	Grid display	Hide
	Aspect ratio	3:2
	Metering timer	8 sec.
Movie Shooting Settings	Movie shooting mode	Auto
	AF method	FlexiZone - Single
	AF w/shutter button during movie recording	Disable
	Shutter/AE lock button	AF/AE lock
	Highlight tone priority	Disable
	Movie recording size	1920x1080
	Sound recording	Auto
	Metering timer	8 sec.
	Grid display	Hide
	Video system	Unchanged
	Exposure compensation	Canceled
	Auto Lighting Optimizer	Standard
	Custom White Balance	Canceled
	Picture Style	Auto

Things Worth Knowing

Resetting the Canon Rebel T7 will not roll back the firmware. If you’re looking to update firmware, I have a separate guide for that: How to update Canon Rebel T7 firmware.

Nor will it wipe the data on the memory card. There’s a separate function for doing that: How to format the SD card in a Canon Rebel T7.

1. These were taken from pages 195-196 in the manual.[↩]