How to go back to Mavericks from Yosemite?

Just recently upgraded to Yosemite and I absolutely hate it. I want to go back to Mavericks, but can't seem to do so. Please give me different options, along with detailed steps, to revert back to Mavericks. Thanks.

You must have a fully bootable Mavericks system from which to boot the computer. You can then erase the volume with Yosemite, then clone the Mavericks system to the empty volume you just erased.
You can erase the drive and reinstall Mavericks if you have a USB Mavericks installer flash drive.
You can boot the computer via Internet Recovery and reinstall the original version of OS X that came with the computer. This is only feasible on models from 2011 to the present.
OS X Mavericks- Revert - Downgrade to a previous OS X version also applies to Yosemite.

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