What do I need to do to remove me when I sell my MacBook Pro?

Hi.  I have a new MacBook Pro and am I'm selling my old one -- what do I need to delete?  Will deleting my user account take care of all my personalized data or must I go into Preferences and data logs, etc.?

Just do a clean install of the system, make sure it does not keep a copy of your old system. If don't want to leave any trace, while installing the system go to disk utility and format the hd (0 level format)

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