Windows 10: wipe ssd?

I like to reinstall windows every now and then to make it fresh again, a few months ago I bought the Western Digital SN750 NVMe M.2 SSD. When I tried to wipe it using the bootable usb thumb drive I created in the WD Dashboard non of the operations worked (sanitize, format and secure erase). Is it ok if I just use the format and delete partitions thing integrated in the windows installation process? I do not care if it is recoverable since I just want to reinstall windows for myself. I am asking this because I heard it's not healthy for the SSD to use the format process where the 0's and 1's are being overwritten and I am not sure if the windows thing is one of them.

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