In his line of work, Instructables user [Harrymatic] sees a lot of Toshiba laptops come across his desk, some of which are protected with a BIOS password ... laptop case and short the CMOS reset ...

For a Windows 11, 10, or 8 Dell laptop, you don't need an admin password to reset the device to factory settings. From the Start menu, access Reset This PC and follow the instructions.