HOW DO I TAKE A USED IPAD AND CLEAR ALL INFORMATION INCLUDING PREVIOUS OWNERS NAME, AND REGISTRATION INFORMATION

i have an ipad someone gave me, but just resetting the factory defaults does not clear previous customers info...any idea how to do this?

You can log out of the currently logged in account by tapping on it in Settings > Store, and Settings > General > Reset > Erase All Content And Settings should remove all of the current content from it

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