How can I reformat my Air of 2010

My Air becomes slow and shows erratic numbers for storage, so I want to wipe the hard drive and start over.  I deleted all the important files, so I just need to know the process.

Thank you

PK

Given that you run El Cap just restart your computer while maintaining command & R keys until you see the Apple icon. This will reboot the computer in the recovery Partition. Then launch the disk utility application to erase the hard drive, then download and install OS X.

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