[[!meta title="Resetting a USB stickUninstalling Tails using Linux"]]

[[!meta title="Uninstalling Tails using Linux"]]

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Start on Linux or Tails.

<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>

Make sure that the USB stick that you want to resetuninstall is unplugged.

Make sure that the USB stick that you want to uninstall is unplugged.

Plug in the USB stick that you want to resetuninstall.

Plug in the USB stick that you want to uninstall.

In the right pane of the window, verify that the device corresponds to the USB stick that you want to resetuninstall, its brand, its size, etc.

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.

<p><b <p>You might overwrite any hard disk on the computer.</b></p>

<p>You might overwrite any hard disk on the computer.</p>

<p>If at some point you are not sure about whichthe device to choose, stop proceeding.</p>

<p>If you are not sure about the device, stop proceeding.</p>

To reseformat the USB stick, click onselect 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.

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.