en	[[!meta title="Uninstalling Tails using Windows"]]
es	[[!meta title="Restablecer una memoria USB usando Windows"]]

en	[[!inline pages="doc/first_steps/uninstall.intro" raw="yes" sort="age"]]
es	[[!inline pages="doc/reset.intro.es" raw="yes" sort="age"]]

en	[[!toc startlevel=2]]

en	Erasing Tails from the USB stick

en	First, erase Tails from the USB stick:

en	Start on Windows.

en	Select the **Start** [[!img lib/start.png alt="" class="symbolic" link="no"]] button and open the *Settings* app.

en	In the *Settings* app, choose **System&nbsp;▸ Storage&nbsp;▸ Advanced storage settings&nbsp;▸ Disk & volumes**.

en	Plug in the Tails USB stick that you want to uninstall.
es	Asegúrate de que el dispositivo USB que quieres resetear está desconectado.

en	[[!img disks.png class="screenshot" alt=""]]

en	Identify the USB stick in the list of disks.

en	Identify the volume called **TAILS**, which has a FAT32 file system.

en	This volume corresponds to the Tails system partition on the USB stick.
es	Ejecuta el comando siguiente para crear una nueva partición primaria en la memoria USB.

en	Select the **Properties** button corresponding to the **TAILS** volume.

en	In the properties of the **TAILS** volume, select **Delete**.

en	Windows gives no feedback after deletion.

en	Select **Disks & volumes** to go back to the list of volumes.

en	If there is a [[Persistent Storage|doc/persistent_storage]] on the USB stick, a volume called **(No label)** also appears on the USB stick.

en	This volume corresponds to the Tails Persistent Storage on the USB stick.

en	Select the **Properties** button corresponding to the **(No label)** volume.

en	In the properties of the **(No label)** volume, select **Delete**.

en	The USB stick now has no volumes and is entirely unallocated.

en	Creating a new partition on the USB stick
es	Ejecuta el comando siguiente para crear una nueva tabla de partición en la memoria USB.

en	Then, create a new partition on the USB stick:

en	Select the **Properties** button corresponding to the USB stick.

en	In the properties of the USB stick, select **Convert to MBR**.

en	Select the **Create Volume** button for the USB stick and choose **Create Simple Volume**.

en	In the **New Volume** dialog, enter a label of your choice and select **Format**.

en	Unplug the USB stick.

en	Close the *Settings* app.

en	Select the **Start** [[!img lib/start.png alt="" class="symbolic" link="no"]] button and open the *File Explorer* app.

en	Plug back the USB stick.

en	Your new volume appears in the left sidebar of the *File Explorer*.