[SOLVED] Does macOS Catalina have any option similar to Windows 10 reset without downloading macOS?

[mkaafy]

Hello everyone! Hope you're doing great!

It's me again, a little bit confused!

Is there any way I can delete all the files and installed apps but leave the operating system without having to spend several gigabytes downloading macOS from recovery?

Cheers!

 

[LordVile]

Hello everyone! Hope you're doing great!

It's me again, a little bit confused!

Is there any way I can delete all the files and installed apps but leave the operating system without having to spend several gigabytes downloading macOS from recovery? Is clean installing via a USB flash drive the only way to do it?

Cheers!

Sign out of your account then factory reset?

 

[mkaafy]

Sign out of your account then factory reset?

Yes, that's the one! Do I have to download macOS either way and then, clean install?

 

[LordVile]

Yes, that's the one! Do I have to download macOS either way and then, clean install?

I’d do it anyway because that’s what Apple recommends, generally doing stuff the Apple way is a path to fewer headaches