Make sure you save any work that you need from the USB drive since you will be erasing everything
Step 1
Click on “Type here to search” and type in This PC.
Step 2
Click on the Blue highlighted one at the top of the screen as shown below.
Step 3
Screen will come up that looks like the picture below.
Right click on the USB drive that you want to erase all content from and find “format”
Picture below shows what to look for.
Step 4
Another window will open.
Quick formatting with be checked off by default (automatically)
Where it says “volume label” this is what the USB will be named, you can leave it blank or something custom to help you remember what’s on the USB (ex. Family Picture)
Click on Start.
Step 5
A warning window will come up saying “ WARNING: Formatting will erase ALL data on this disk. To format the disk , click OK. To quit, click CANCEL.”
Click on OK
Step 6
When finished. Window will come up saying “Format Complete” Click on OK
Close all windows.
Here is a video on how to do it step-by-step if needed.
Hope you enjoyed this tutorial.
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