Question: How to Wipe a Windows 10 Computer?

Windows 10 has a built-in method for wiping your PC and restoring it to an ‘as new’ state.

You can choose to preserve just your personal files or to erase everything, depending on what you need.

Go to Start > Settings > Update & security > Recovery, click Get started and select the appropriate option.

How do I restore my computer to factory settings Windows 10?

How to Reset Your Windows 10 PC

• Navigate to Settings.
• Select “Update & security”
• Click Recovery in the left pane.
• Click Get started under Reset this PC.
• Click either “Keep my files” or “Remove everything,” depending on whether you want to keep your data files intact.

How do you wipe a computer clean to sell it?

Reset your Windows 8.1 PC

1. Open PC Settings.
2. Click on Update and recovery.
3. Click on Recovery.
4. Under “Remove everything and reinstall Windows 10,” click the Get started button.
5. Click the Next button.
6. Click the Fully clean the drive option to erase everything on your device and start fresh with a copy of Windows 8.1.