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How to restart or force restart Meta glasses
A restart is the first thing to try when the glasses freeze, stop responding to "Hey Meta" or lose their connection. A force restart is for when they won't respond at all. Neither one is a reset: Meta says a restart won't erase un-imported media or unpair the glasses, and a force restart won't delete captures or require pairing again. Most models use the power switch with the capture button held. Vanguard uses a long hold on its power button, and the Neural Band has its own sequence.
- Restart Ray-Ban Meta, Oakley Meta HSTN and Meta Glasses
- Force restart Ray-Ban Meta, Oakley Meta HSTN and Meta Glasses
- Restart Oakley Meta Vanguard
- Force restart Oakley Meta Vanguard
- Force restart Meta Ray-Ban Display
- Force restart Meta Neural Band
Restart Ray-Ban Meta, Oakley Meta HSTN and Meta Glasses
For Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 3), Meta Glasses (Adventurer, Fury, Starfire, Capri, Nova), Ray-Ban Meta Optics (Gen 2), Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 2), Oakley Meta HSTN and Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 1).
- Slide the power button back to power the glasses off.
- Wait a few seconds, then slide the power button forward to turn the glasses back on. Your glasses will automatically reconnect with the app after they wake up.
Meta: "Restarting your glasses will not erase any un-imported media or cause the glasses to unpair from the Meta AI mobile app." Same steps on the 'Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley Meta HSTN glasses' and 'Meta Glasses' tabs.
From Meta's help center, checked 2026-10-05.[1]
Force restart Ray-Ban Meta, Oakley Meta HSTN and Meta Glasses
For Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 3), Meta Glasses (Adventurer, Fury, Starfire, Capri, Nova), Ray-Ban Meta Optics (Gen 2), Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 2), Oakley Meta HSTN and Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 1).
- Slide the power button back to power the glasses off.
- Press and hold the capture button.
- While still holding the capture button, slide the power button forward to turn your glasses back on.
- Release the capture button as soon as the status LED turns red.
Meta: "Force restarting will not delete your captures or require you to pair your glasses to the app again."
From Meta's help center, checked 2026-10-05.[1]
Restart Oakley Meta Vanguard
For Oakley Meta Vanguard.
- Press and hold the power button for 3 seconds.
- The notification LED will turn white and then slowly fade while your glasses turn off.
- Press and hold the power button for 1 second.
- The notification LED will flash white while your glasses turn on.
Tab: Oakley Meta Vanguard glasses.
From Meta's help center, checked 2026-10-05.[1]
Force restart Oakley Meta Vanguard
For Oakley Meta Vanguard.
- Press and hold the power button for at least 10 seconds.
- The LED will turn red during device restart.
Tab: Oakley Meta Vanguard glasses.
From Meta's help center, checked 2026-10-05.[1]
Force restart Meta Ray-Ban Display
For Meta Ray-Ban Display.
- Close both arms.
- Turn off your glasses by sliding the power switch away from the lenses, so that you see the red line.
- Hold the capture button and turn on your glasses. Slide the power switch toward the lenses. When the LED turns red, release the capture button.
- After about 17 seconds, your glasses will be ready to use.
From Meta's help center, checked 2026-10-05.[2]
Force restart Meta Neural Band
For Meta Neural Band.
- Press and hold the button.
- Wait for the LED to completely fade out and turn off. This should take about 8 seconds. Then release the button.
From Meta's help center, checked 2026-10-05.[2]
Tips
- Watch for the red LED. On the slide-switch models and Display, you let go of the capture button as soon as the status LED turns red.
- Give Display time. Meta says it takes about 17 seconds after a force restart before the glasses are ready.
- If the glasses LED blinks white nonstop while you're pairing, Meta's advice is a force restart.
Questions people ask
What is the difference between restarting and resetting?
A restart turns the glasses off and on and keeps everything. A factory reset deletes captures and pairing, so keep it for when nothing else works or when the glasses change hands.
More how-to guides
- How to factory reset Meta glasses (and the Neural Band)
- How to reset the Meta glasses charging case
- How to connect Meta glasses to an iPhone or Android phone
- How to unpair Meta glasses from your phone
- How to turn Meta glasses on and off
- How to charge Meta glasses, the case and the Neural Band
- Meta glasses charging case lights, decoded
- How to take photos and record video on Meta glasses
- How to update Meta glasses software
- How to make Meta glasses battery last longer
- How to change the Meta AI voice and language on your glasses
- How to use live translation on Meta glasses
Sources
- How to restart AI glasses(meta.com, read 5 October 2026)
- How to force restart Meta Ray-Ban Display and Meta Neural Band(meta.com, read 5 October 2026)
Last verified 5 October 2026 against the sources listed on this page.