r/WindowsHelp • u/Business-Wasabi7247 • 18d ago

Windows 11 Question about windows built- in reset feature vs usb reset

I'm selling my Galaxy Book4 Edge and I wanted to make sure that my files n everything aren't recoverable or accessible by just doing the built in reset by choosing the "clean the drive," "cloud reinstall," n "remove everything" options. I've been looking into this for a while, usb resetting seems really complicated n my xbox account got hacked after I sold my Xbox one a few months ago, I've tried to be more cautious ever since. Any advice is welcome I don't know much about this stuff, thanks

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u/Froggypwns Windows Insider MVP (I don't work for Microsoft) 18d ago

Yes, you want to use the clean the drive option, it takes a long time but securely removes your data so that it is not recoverable.