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Before you sell or trade in

Wipe accounts, paired phones, and personal history so the next owner does not inherit your digital exhaust.

Remove every account

Sign out of the brand app linkage, navigation accounts, and any streaming logins stored in the head unit.

Delete phone pairings

Forget Bluetooth devices and clear contacts/call history stored by the infotainment system.

Factory reset the infotainment system

Use the vehicle’s reset/erase personal data function. Then confirm the vehicle no longer appears under your mobile app.

Submit a deletion request

After transfer, send the automaker a privacy deletion request for account and connected-vehicle personal data associated with your ownership period.

Next step

Look up your vehicle for a model-specific data map and action playbook.

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