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       - name: Recover from device failure
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+      - name: Erase device data
+        href: azure-stack-edge-gpu-secure-erase-certificate.md
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articles/databox-online/azure-stack-edge-gpu-secure-erase-certificate.md

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+---
+title: Erase data from your Azure Stack Edge
+description: Describes the process to erase data from an Azure Stack Edge device and generate a certificate of proof that data has been removed.
+services: databox
+author: alkohli
+
+ms.service: databox
+ms.subservice: edge
+ms.topic: how-to
+ms.date: 12/27/2022
+ms.author: alkohli
+---
+# Erase data from your Azure Stack Edge
+
+[!INCLUDE [applies-to-GPU-and-pro-r-and-mini-r-skus](../../includes/azure-stack-edge-applies-to-gpu-pro-r-mini-r-sku.md)]
+
+This article provides steps to reset an Azure Stack Edge device. The reset operation generates a Secure Erase Certificate that verifies details about your device in an erase record. You can also manually generate a Secure Erase Certificate.
+
+The Secure Erase Certificate includes software version details about the device and disk-by-disk details including data erasure type, data erasure method, and erasure verification method. 
+ 
+The following erase types are supported:
+
+|Data erasure type |Description  |
+|---------|---------|
+|CryptoErase  |Sanitizes the encryption key, leaving the data on disk unrecoverable.  |
+|BlockErase  |Deletes all user data from the disk.  |
+|CryptoAndBlockErase  |Performs a crypto erase followed by a block erase.  |
+
+## Reset the Azure Stack Edge device
+
+1. In Azure portal for your Azure Stack Edge device, select **Device reset** in the left-hand navigation, then select **Reset device**.
+
+   ![Screenshot that shows the Azure portal option to reset an Azure Stack Edge device.](media/azure-stack-edge-gpu-secure-erase-certificate/azure-stack-edge-secure-erase-certificate-reset-device.png)
+
+1. On the Confirm device reset dialog, type **Yes** and then select **Yes** to confirm the reset operation.
+
+   ![Screenshot that shows the Azure portal option to confirm device reset for an Azure Stack Edge device.](media/azure-stack-edge-gpu-secure-erase-certificate/azure-stack-edge-secure-erase-certificate-reset-device-confirmation.png)
+
+1. Azure Stack Edge device reset operation generates a Secure Erase Certificate, as shown below:
+
+   ![Screenshot of the Secure Erase Certificate following reset of an Azure Stack Edge device.](media/azure-stack-edge-gpu-secure-erase-certificate/azure-stack-edge-secure-erase-certificate.png)
+
+## Download the Secure Erase Certificate for your device
+
+Use the following steps to download a Secure Erase Certificate for your device after device reset:
+
+1. On the Azure portal, select **Support** and then select **Secure erase certificate** from the **Support package options** dropdown.
+1. Select **Secure erase certificate**.
+
+   ![Screenshot of the Support package options dropdown menu for generating a Secure Erase Certificate following reset of an Azure Stack Edge device.](media/azure-stack-edge-gpu-secure-erase-certificate/azure-stack-edge-download-secure-erase-certificate.png)
+
+1. Select **Create Support package** > **Download Support package** to download the certificate.
+
+## Next steps
+
+ - [What is Azure Stack Edge Pro 2?](azure-stack-edge-pro-2-overview.md)