How To Factory Reset Windows 10

Mark Harwood
4 min readFeb 8, 2024

Welcome to another post!

Today, we’ll dive into How To Factory Reset Windows 10, I’ll include a couple different methods as well as important aspects to look out for before starting.

I’ve also put this post on my website, in case you prefer reading over there!

Why?

There are a ton of different reasons for wanting to factory reset your Windows 10 computer. For me, the most common reasons are:

Slow Computer

If you’ve noticed that your computer is running slower than it used to, this is likely down to the age of your Windows 10 installation. Overtime, your install can become bloated with old update information and temporary files, just to name a few.

The best way to get around you computer slowing down, is to just run a fresh install of Windows 10.

Buggy Computer

This one is definitely more noticeable if you use your system heavily or if you’re a power user. Say you are installing beta updates of Windows or another piece of software, that could cause your system to become more unstable. Resulting in…

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Mark Harwood

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