Unregistering my MacPro Tower

I am reselling my MacPro Tower and I want to unregister the serial number.
Does anyone know where the apple link or PDF is for that?
Thanks

Yes you can unregister your Apple products in your 'My Support Profile' if its listed at https://supportprofile.apple.com/ If you also have an AppleCare Protection Plan on your product you can transfer this to the new owner by emailing the AppleCare agreement number and product serial number to [email protected] providing the name, address, phone number and email of the person you are transferring ownership to.
https://supportprofile.apple.com
[email protected]

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Message was edited by: armhold

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