Formatting USB flash drives

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Windows

macOS

  1. Back up anything currently on the flash drive as the entire drive will be erased.
  2. Open Disk Utility from Launchpad or /Applications/Utilities.
  3. Click View > Show All Devices.
    View all devices.png
  4. Select the USB drive (the root item, not the single partition) from the left sidebar and make sure it shows up in the right pane.
    Device select.png
  5. Click Erase from the top toolbar.
  6. Enter any name, set the format to MS-DOS (FAT), and set the scheme to GUID Partition Map.
  7. Click Erase.
    Erase options.png

For more information, see the Disk Utility User Guide.

Ubuntu

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