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[[!meta title="Resetting a USB stick using Linux"]]
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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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Make sure that the USB stick that you want to reset is unplugged.
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A list of all the storage devices on the computer appears in the left pane
of the window.
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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. This new device
corresponds to the USB stick that you plugged in. Click on 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 confirmation dialog, click **Format** to confirm.
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Resetting a Tails USB stick from itself
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If Tails is your only Linux system, you can generally reset a Tails USB stick directly from that USB stick while running Tails.
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If Tails starts as usual, follow the instructions for [[resetting a USB stick using the *Disks* utility|linux#disks]].
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**If the system fails to start**, that means that the computer does not have
enough memory for this operation mode. Try with another computer, or find
another Linux system, such as another Tails USB stick, to do the reset from.
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