Cleaning up computer so I can sell it

I want to sell my 2 and 1/2 year old laptop and need to wipe it out so it's like brand new. I know how to wipe out the hard drive and reinstall it but normally it will ask you to set it up with your apple id. I can't remember if that's something I can by pass. Also, can you by pass creating a user name and password for the computer itself? Obviously I don't want to put any of my information in.

Thanks and I messed up again. I tried to say your first response answered my question and clicked my post by mistake. You did post the information I needed so you deserve the credit. Sorry about that.

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Hard drive getting full or near full?
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If you use Apple Mail app, Apple Mail also has its own trash area that needs to be emptied, too!
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Delete any old or no longer needed emails and/or archive older emails you want to save to disc, Flash drive/s or to ext. hard drive.
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Uninstall apps that you no longer use. If the app has a dedicated uninstaller, use it to completely uninstall the app. If the app has no uninstaller, then just drag it to the OS X Trash icon and empty the Trash.
Also, if you save old downloaded .dmg application installer files, you can either archive and delete these or just delete the ones you think you'll never install, again.
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Typically, iTunes and iPhoto libraries are the biggest users of HD space.
If you have any other large folders of personal data or projects, these should be thinned out, moved, also, to the external hard drive and then either archived to disc, Flash drive or ext. hard drive and/or deleted off your internal hard drive.
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