I will be sending my iPad (trade-in); how do I erase the iPad before I ship it?

See >>> How to prepare your iPad for Apple Trade In - Apple Support

Herons_Tiger wrote:

Here is how to erase-

Go to Settings- General- Scroll down to Reset- Erase All Content and Settings.

All information will be permanently deleted from your device.

Entirely missing the point of necessary steps to correctly prepare the iPad for Trade-in - more specifically, removal of the Activation Lock. If the Activation Lock is not removed, the trade-in will be rejected.

Erase iPad - Apple Support

Here is how to erase-

Go to Settings- General- Scroll down to Reset- Erase All Content and Settings.

All information will be permanently deleted from your device.