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I have Ubuntu 18.04 LTS on a computer I am selling. There isn't much on there, but I wanted to do some kind of "factory reset" so it's clean for the next person and remove my name from the admin account etc.

Is the only way to do this by creating an Ubuntu Live USB or is there something I can just do in the system?

user1551817
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A reinstall from a "Live USB" will require some 10 minutes with default setting, much faster than anything else; unless you have a lot of setting you wish to keep (hand over).

Note also that a new user might be better off starting from scratch.

Which does mean some work (the negative), but also that any descriptions on the 'net will match what will be shown / happen when trying out that description (the overwhelmingly better positive).

I'd also suggest to "update", at least use 20.04 - which isn't EOL (end of life), as 18.xx is.

Hannu
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