**The content of the USB stick will beis lost in the operation,** but an attacker might still be able to tell that Tails was installed on that USB stick using [[data recovery techniques|encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion]] unless you [[securely clean all the available disk space|doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion#usb_and_ssd]] afterwards. ]].
The content of the USB stick is lost in the operation, but an attacker might still be able to tell that Tails was installed on that USB stick using [[data recovery techniques|doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion]].
