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To format the USB stick, select the [[!img lib/view-more.png alt="Drive Options" class="symbolic" link="no"]] button in the title bar and choose **Format Disk** to erase all the existing partitions on the device.
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<p>If you are not sure about the device, stop proceeding.</p>
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<p>You might overwrite any hard disk on the computer.</p>
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In the right pane of the window, verify that the device corresponds to the USB stick that you want to uninstall, its brand, its size, etc.
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Plug in the USB stick that you want to uninstall.
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Make sure that the USB stick that you want to uninstall is unplugged.
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<p>To uninstall a Tails USB stick while running Tails from that same USB
stick, add the <code>toram</code> boot option in the <i>Boot Loader</i>. See
[[uninstalling Tails using Tails itself|tails]].</p>
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Start on Linux or Tails.
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[[!inline pages="doc/first_steps/uninstall.intro" raw="yes" sort="age"]]
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[[!meta title="Uninstalling Tails using Linux"]]
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To reset the USB stick, click on the [[!img lib/view-more.png alt="Drive Options" class="symbolic" link="no"]] button in the title bar and choose **Format Disk** to erase all the existing partitions on the device.
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For example, you can press the <b>Super</b> ([[!img lib/start.png class="symbolic" link="no" alt=""]]) key,
then enter <code>disks</code> and select <b>Disks</b>.
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If Tails starts as usual, follow the instructions to [[reset a USB stick using *GNOME Disks* for Linux|linux#disks]].
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[[!img lib/system-shutdown.png alt="Power Off this Disk" class="symbolic" link="no"]]
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To make sure that all the changes are written to the USB stick, select the
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A new device appears in the list of storage devices. Select it.
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[[!img install/inc/icons/gnome-disks.png link="no" alt=""]]
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