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Cake day: October 31st, 2023

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  • You would be 99% fine just factory resetting the device.

    But….

    The way factory resets work is by flagging all your data as over-writable. If you had any sensitive information on your Deck, that data would still be there and still be recoverable if someone knew what they were doing. Best practice when selling/trading in any device is to zero out the drive (overwrite every bit with a ‘0’) then reinstall the OS.

    Most likely not necessary for a Steam Deck but it’s important to know how data storage works!