Many people have found that a device they purchased just wasn’t what they thought it would be and have returned it. If you bought a Pre and found that it just wasn’t for you, you will want to make sure that your personal data is no longer on the phone before you trade it or return it.

PC world has the steps that users need to follow to remove their information off the Pre before returning it. After all, you wouldn’t want the person at the Sprint store to see those pictures you took at that drunken office party.

Options for removing your data on the Pre include a partial erase or full erase with the differences being that the partial erase leaves behind content stored on the internal memory. That means images, music and video will be left behind, but apps and settings will be wiped. The full erase option removes everything. Hit the link below for instructions on how to perform a full or partial erase.

[via PC World]