If you sell an old Apple device to a stranger, how do you remove all your personal info from the device?

If you sell your iPad 2 to a stranger, how do you remove all your personal info off of the device?  I removed all apps and photos, but I want to wipe it clean

What to do before selling or giving away your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

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    After reviewing your post, I have located an article that can help in this situation. It contains helpful advice concerning payment information. Removing the payment information from your Apple ID will remove the data from the various stores.
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    Cheers,
    BobbyD

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  • In MS Exchange, if I turn off mail, does it delete all of those emails from the device, within that Account?

    Hi,
    I'm currently experiencing difficulties with linked my iphone with MS Exchange for email.
    Within my MS Exchange account, I want to deactivate my mail, but keep Contacts, Calendar etc. My question is, if I was to switch mail off, does this delete all of the emails from my iPhone or just stop displaying them? What is the impact of this?
    The reason being is that I have a few thousand emails, which takes a long time to transfer and this is something that I may wish to re-activate in the future.
    Any help would be greatly appreciated! :-)
    Thanks in advance,
    Rich

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  • How do you remove all personal info from a notebook when getting it ready for the recycle program?

    I havae purchased a new notebook and am getting my old MacBook Pro ready to submit to the recycle program at Apple. The list of "to-do's" asks that you remove all your personal info and take the notebook back to it's original settings. Does ayone have any advise on how to do this?

    Boot from the original OS installer disk and do an Erase & Install.
    When the Mac reboots into Mac Setup Assistant you quit and shut it down.
    It's now a brand new Mac... just like when you got it.
    http://www.ehow.com/how_5852122_restore-imac-factory-settings.html
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