Back Up Your Data With iCloud
Making a backup of your documents, settings, and other data on iCloud makes for a smooth transition to your new iPad. Just restore your data after you get the new one up and running. Here’s how: To back up your iPad to iCloud before you wipe its data:
How to Erase Your iPad’s Data
The most important part of preparing your iPad for sale is ensuring that you remove all traces of your identity from it. Don’t sell or give away an iPad without wiping its data first.
Look for the Hello Screen
Once the wipe and reset process begins, the screen goes blank for up to several minutes as the iPad wipes your data and restores it to its factory settings. You will likely see a progress bar showing the status of the wipe and reset process. When the iPad finishes the process, you see the Hello or Welcome Setup Assistant screen as if you were setting up the iPad for the first time. If you don’t see the Hello or Welcome screen, something in the wipe process didn’t work correctly, and you need to repeat the process. Failure to do so may result in whoever obtains your iPad accessing your personal information and data.
