The volume your Mac started up from is named Macintosh HD, unless you changed its name. In the sidebar of Disk Utility, select the volume that you want to erase.If you're not erasing the volume your Mac started up from, you don't need to start up from macOS Recovery: just open Disk Utility from the Utilities folder of your Applications folder. If you want your Mac to be able to start up from the disk you erased, reinstall macOS on the disk.You might be asked to enter your Apple ID. Click Erase to begin erasing your disk and every container and volume within it.Disk Utility shows a compatible format by default.
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If you're not erasing the disk your Mac started up from, you don't need to start up from macOS Recovery: just open Disk Utility from the Utilities folder of your Applications folder. Then select Disk Utility from the Utilities window and click Continue. Before continuing, make sure that you have a backup of any files that you want to keep. Erasing a disk or volume permanently deletes all of its files.