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This article provides instruction on how to Students, faculty, and staff can format or completely erase the contents of a USB Flash Drive, it is intended for students, faculty, and staff.

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Using the Disk Utility App

You can use macOS' Disk Utility app to format the drive.

1. Ensure

   the Flash Drive

   that your USB flash drive is connected to your computer.

2. Use

   spotlight

   Spotlight (i.e., the magnifying glass in the upper right-hand corner) to search for Disk Utility

   and open it

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3. Open Disk Utility.  

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4. The drive will be listed on the sidebar under External

   , select it and click

   . Select the flash drive.

5. Click Erase.  

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6. Enter a new name

   of

   for your

   Flash Drive partition, select ExFATand click Erase.Image Removed

   flash drive partition.

7. Select ExFAT. 

8. Click Erase.

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9. When the process is complete, click Done. You

   may now

   will then be able to use your

   Flash Drive

   flash drive.

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