Cleaning MacBook Pro drive prior to trade in

I've set up my new MacBook and transferred all data. Now I want to reformat the drive on my old one before returning it as a trade in. Tried the Disk Utility but Erase is not shown as an option on any drive. Suggestions?

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 11.6

Posted on Mar 9, 2022 3:23 PM

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Yer_Man

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Posted on Mar 9, 2022 3:28 PM

This will help:

What to do before you sell, give away, or trade in your Mac - Apple Support (IE)

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Yer_Man

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Mar 9, 2022 3:28 PM in response to victen

This will help:

What to do before you sell, give away, or trade in your Mac - Apple Support (IE)

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