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[[!meta title="Uninstalling Tails using Windows"]]
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Erasing Tails from the USB stick
First, erase Tails from the USB stick:
Start on Windows.
Select the **Start** [[!img lib/start.png alt="" class="symbolic" link="no"]] button and open the *Settings* app.
In the *Settings* app, choose **System ▸ Storage ▸ Advanced storage settings ▸ Disk & volumes**.
Plug in the Tails USB stick that you want to uninstall.
[[!img disks.png class="screenshot" alt=""]]
Identify the USB stick in the list of disks.
Identify the volume called **TAILS**, which has a FAT32 file system.
This volume corresponds to the Tails system partition on the USB stick.
Select the **Properties** button corresponding to the **TAILS** volume.
In the properties of the **TAILS** volume, select **Delete**.
Windows gives no feedback after deletion.
Select **Disks & volumes** to go back to the list of volumes.
If there is a [[Persistent Storage|doc/persistent_storage]] on the USB stick, a volume called **(No label)** also appears on the USB stick.
This volume corresponds to the Tails Persistent Storage on the USB stick.
Select the **Properties** button corresponding to the **(No label)** volume.
In the properties of the **(No label)** volume, select **Delete**.
The USB stick now has no volumes and is entirely unallocated.
Creating a new partition on the USB stick
Then, create a new partition on the USB stick:
Select the **Properties** button corresponding to the USB stick.
In the properties of the USB stick, select **Convert to MBR**.
Select the **Create Volume** button for the USB stick and choose **Create Simple Volume**.
In the **New Volume** dialog, enter a label of your choice and select **Format**.

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