Factory Reset

If you ever accidentally do this (somehow) or regret doing this on a device of yours, you might be headed in this direction.

Also called a hard reset, Factory Reset is when absolutely EVERYTHING must be abandoned for a restart to happen. There are multiple kinds of Factory Reset. One is mental Factory Reset. An example of this is a when a twist has been revealed to the Hero. They and the audience both have to do a Factory Reset on all of their knowledge on who or what that twist is about because that information is now old and rong. This may happen when the Villain II comes along and messes with everything the Hero knows about the Villain I. Another kind is an actual Factory Reset where someone removes all data from their device and makes it digitally brand-new.