Reset Your Tablet to Preserve Privacy

As you use your tablet, you accumulate a large amount of personal data: documents, installed apps, Internet Explorer favorites, e-mail messages, photos, and much more. If you are selling your tablet or giving it away, you probably do not want the recipient to have access to all that personal data. To prevent this, you can reset the tablet, which deletes all your personal data and reinstalls a fresh copy of Windows 8.

Reset Your Tablet to Preserve Privacy

Note: This section assumes that you have copied your personal files to a backup destination, such as an external hard drive.

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