Login to www.icloud.com with your Apple/iCloud ID, on a computer or one of your other Apple devices.
Go to “Find iPhone”, select your device, choose “Erase iPad“ and follow the instructions.
Thank you for your response. The ipad appears offline from internet. Is there another method? I have all my data in the cloud, so that is good, I hope I can wipe it cleanly.
The steps worked for doing restore. When it came back up, Itunes had me type in myuser and password. I can now see the ipad on itunes. THANK YOU!
Does that mean it is no longer tied to my account, or is there a way I can clear it?