Although it has improved significantly with the latest versions of Windows, the continuous use of the operating system deteriorates its organization: applications are installed and uninstalled, in addition to accumulating a lot of “junk” files. For anyone who wants to leave a clean installeither due to this normal use, or due to a faulty update, or because you want to pass on the equipment to another user, Is it possible to reset Windows 11 In a very simple way.
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Before resetting Windows 11, have a backup?
It is always important to back up your the files you need to keep before doing the Windows 11 reset. Well yes, we are going to explain step by step how to do the process:
1. We start with recovery
We go to the system configuration, it is something that we can do directly with the combination “Windows + I”. Among the options we must choose “Recovery”, where the functionality to restore our computer is located
2. Let’s reset Windows 11
We find several recovery options, from configuring an ‘Advanced Startup’ to ‘Technical Support’. But what interests us in our process is to execute’reset this computer‘.
3. Do you want to keep the files?
We will have to choose between two file maintenance options before doing the Windows 11 reset:
- Keep what we have on the team: Deletes settings and apps, but does not delete personal files.
- clear all: For a clean install, also remove personal files.
4. How do you want to perform the reinstallation?
At the moment there are two ways to reinstall Windows 11, in both cases you can use more than 4 gigabytes From the data:
- Download from the cloud, so that the latest available version of the Microsoft system is used. It is the recommended option.
- Perform a local reinstall, of the device itself. It will be the option to use if we don’t have internet at that time.
5. Ready to reset Windows 11
Once the type of reset we want to perform is configured, the system will ask us for confirmation. In the case of a laptop It is recommended to keep it connected to the power grid so that you do not run out of energy in such an important process.
In the case of a device with encrypted information, the BitLocker key is required to reset the PC. Now all you have to do is wait for the reset of Windows 11 itself, something that can take up to an hour.
During the process, the screen may go black for a long time (sometimes more than 15 minutes) and the device may attempt to reboot itself during this time. Don’t worry about it: you have to get it done automatically all these steps.