How do I remove ALL personal data and archives

I'm selling my Tomtom One at the next garage sale. It's worthless and
was a waste of money. I'll just sell it for whatever I can get and
take a loss on most of the money I spent. I refuse to let this thing
direct me wrongly and waste my time and gas money. I've changed the
settings, and done all the things needed, and it's proven to be worst
than useless. I've used it for the last time. I've been driving
about 40 years and will use paper maps as I have always done. No more
GPS for me. It's become nothing but a source of annoyance.

Before I sell it, I want to remove all my personal data such as my
"Home" and all the "archives" of recent trips. In other words, I want
to set it back to factory defaults. Is this possible? How? Do I
need to remove the batteries, or let them totally discharge, or is
there another way?

> I'm selling my Tomtom One at the next garage sale. It's worthless and
> was a waste of money. I'll just sell it for whatever I can get and
> take a loss on most of the money I spent. I refuse to let this thing
> direct me wrongly and waste my time and gas money. I've changed the
> settings, and done all the things needed, and it's proven to be worst
> than useless. I've used it for the last time. I've been driving
> about 40 years and will use paper maps as I have always done. No more
> GPS for me. It's become nothing but a source of annoyance.
> Before I sell it, I want to remove all my personal data such as my
> "Home" and all the "archives" of recent trips. In other words, I want
> to set it back to factory defaults. Is this possible? How? Do I
> need to remove the batteries, or let them totally discharge, or is
> there another way?

Connect to PC, start Windows Explorer, delete 'mapsettings.cfg' from ALL map
folders on your TomTom.
Or read the manual, set the 'Preferences' for how you want to operate and
use your device intelligently - use the English approach: Stay calm and
carry on.

jw@myplace.com wrote:

> I'm selling my Tomtom One at the next garage sale. It's worthless and
> was a waste of money. I'll just sell it for whatever I can get and
> take a loss on most of the money I spent. I refuse to let this thing
> direct me wrongly and waste my time and gas money. I've changed the
> settings, and done all the things needed, and it's proven to be worst
> than useless. I've used it for the last time. I've been driving
> about 40 years and will use paper maps as I have always done. No more
> GPS for me. It's become nothing but a source of annoyance.
> Before I sell it, I want to remove all my personal data such as my
> "Home" and all the "archives" of recent trips. In other words, I want
> to set it back to factory defaults. Is this possible? How? Do I
> need to remove the batteries, or let them totally discharge, or is
> there another way?

Yes, smash it to pieces with the largest hammer you can find.