How do I reset my new MBA to its original factory setting?

I just purchase a 13" MBA 2011 and during set-up I somehow enabled the MBA to share everything on my iMac. How do I return the MBA to its original state out of the box so that I can redo the setup process and not have to share every program that my iMac has? Thanks a bunch!

When I had this situation, I made a specific back up on time machine and used that version as a basis of configurating my MBA.
hope have helped,
Ricardo

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