I want to erase my laptop

Huck wrote:

How do I erase my laptop pro (2017) running OS 12.3.1? Erase in disk utility is grayed out. I don’t have the erase feature in system preferences.

Same as here— What to do before you sell, give away, or trade in your Mac

Follow the first three steps in the Related Article above; the Disk Utility can't erase the active startup volume.

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