To factory reset Windows 10,
navigate to the start menu and select "Settings."
Scroll down and select "Windows Update."
On the left side, click "Recovery."
On the top of this page,
we'll see the option "Reset this PC."
Click "Get started."
You'll have the option to either reset Windows
and keep your personal files
or to reset and wipe the operating system completely.
Make sure to back up all of your data
to an external drive or to a cloud solution
if selecting option two.
For this video, we'll do option one and keep our files.
On the next page, Windows will confirm
the reset action it will take.
Click "Reset" when ready,
and the process will take over.
After restarting and working in the background for a while,
Windows 10 will finish reinstalling
and bring you to your desktop.
Scrolling to a documents folder
will confirm your files have been saved,
as we chose to keep those.