Erase data from your Azure Stack Edge
APPLIES TO: 
Azure Stack Edge Pro - GPUAzure Stack Edge Pro 2Azure Stack Edge Pro RAzure Stack Edge Mini R
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
In Azure portal for your Azure Stack Edge device, select Device reset in the left-hand navigation, then select Reset device.
On the Confirm device reset dialog, type Yes and then select Yes to confirm the reset operation.
Azure Stack Edge device reset operation generates a Secure Erase Certificate:
Download the Secure Erase Certificate for your device
Use the following steps to download a Secure Erase Certificate for your device after device reset:
On the Azure portal, select Support and then select Secure erase certificate from the Support package options dropdown.
Select Secure erase certificate.
Select Create Support package > Download Support package to download the certificate.