How to Clear or Erase Thumb Drives
- 1). Insert your thumb drive into your computer's USB port.
- 2). Allow your computer to find the thumb drive and categorize it as a removable disk drive.
- 3). Click on the "Start" button in the lower left-hand corner of your screen. Click on "My Computer."
- 4). Right-click on the thumb drive, listed as "removable disk drive"
- 5). Select "Format" from the pop-up menu.
- 6). Select "FAT 32" under the "File System" option of the "Format Removable Disk" dialog box. Click the "Start" button on the "Format Removable Disk" dialog box.
- 7). Click "OK" on the "Warning Format Removable Disk" pop-up that appeared on screen after Step 6.
- 8). Allow your computer to format your thumb drive.