The Soft Reset is the easiest reset to perform on a mobile phone. To Soft Reset a phone is to simply power cycle the device, to power it off and then to power it back on.

Does soft reset delete everything?

(Volume, power, home, etc.) Whereas a soft reset is initiated from within the devices software. (Usually located in the Settings area of the device) Merely pressing the power button for 10 or so seconds to reboot the phone doesn’t factory reset the device. It only reboots or restarts and doesn’t erase user data.

What does the soft reset do?

Soft reset is nothing but powering the phone off and then back on.