Reset MacBook Pro to factory defaults

Hi, I recently did a fresh install of OS X Mavericks on my recently purchased MacBook Pro 13" in hopes of resetting everything to their original settings.
When everything finished, I found everything was exactly the same as it was- all of my music (from cd's, I don't purchase anything from the iTunse store), my dock modifications, background changes, etc. were all left to what I had changed them to after I purchased my new MacBook Pro. I was hoping a fresh install would have reverted everything to the factory settings (including the original dock, Safari settings, desktop background, etc).
I am very OCD and wanted everything wiped and reverted to stock settings.
If anyone knows how to do this, it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance!

You need to use the Disk Utility in the Utilities menu to erase the partition with Mac OS X installed and then install Mavericks.
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