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[[!meta title="Resetting a USB stick using Linux"]]
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<a id="disks"></a>
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Using *GNOME Disks*
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<p><b>You might overwrite any hard disk on the computer.</b></p>
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<p>If at some point you are not sure about which device to choose, stop proceeding.</p>
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Install *GNOME Disks*.
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If you are using the GNOME desktop environment, *GNOME Disks* should be installed by default.
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Otherwise, install the `gnome-disk-utility` package using the usual installation method for your distribution.
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You can also install Tails using the
`dd` command from any Linux distribution
as described in our instructions for [[installing from Debian using
the command line|install/expert#install]].
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Make sure that the USB stick that you want to reset is unplugged.
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Open *GNOME Disks* (also called *Disks*).
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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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The storage devices in the computer are listed in the left pane.
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[[!img install/inc/icons/gnome-disks.png link="no" alt=""]]
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Plug in the USB stick that you want to reset.
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A new device appears in the list of storage devices. Select it.
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In the right pane of the window, verify that the device corresponds to the USB stick that you want to reset, its brand, its size, etc.
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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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In the **Format Disk** dialog:
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If you want to overwrite all data on the device, choose **Overwrite existing data with zeroes** in the **Erase** menu.
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