Erase Tails OS from USB Flash Drive | Step by Step Tutorial

This video tutorial shows you how to completely remove the Tails operating system from a USB flash drive when you no longer need it. Tails is a privacy-focused Linux distribution that routes internet traffic through the Tor network to keep you anonymous online.
After using Tails for whatever privacy needs you had, you'll want to clear it off your USB drive so the drive can be used for other purposes again. The video walks through the full process of wiping Tails from the drive using just the Command Prompt (CMD) utility built into Windows.
Using CMD, you'll see the steps to identify which drive letter is assigned to the USB flash drive containing Tails. Then you'll learn the commands to format the drive, removing any leftover Tails files and restoring it to a clean blank state.
Erasing drives this way through CMD is a good option if you don't have any special disk utility software installed. The video explains it all clearly with visual guides so anyone can follow along and securely wipe Tails off their USB drive when they're done using it for private browsing.
After watching, you'll know how to easily get that USB drive cleared off and ready to use for normal storage again. It's a handy skill for anyone who uses Tails and wants to reuse that portable drive later.
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Commands Used in CMD:
diskpart
list disk
selec disk=number (Replace word 'number' with the disk number )
clean
convert mbr
create partition primary
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[@KLAUSTROPHOBIK_OFFICIAL]

Bro, you deserve all good cold beers in the world! Cheers! Really well done!

[@chucky47240]

🤠👍THANKS ! I found an old USB stick with Linux Tails installed on it, but invisible in Windows Explorer.
I followed the instructions in the description below the video and everything went really well just like in the video !
Thank you so much ! I wrote everything down on my notepad in case it ever happens to me again !
Best video, simple and effective !

[@Crab-_-man]

great video man not too fast not too slow get straight to the point

[@DanielBro42]

broooooo
thank you so much, so helpful!
tips for future videos: make them shorter, write the commands bigger and leave them for longer time

[@sokkormele7648]

This worked for me on windows 11
Although when i proceeded to format my second flash drive the format disk message didnt show up even after retrying for many times.
What i did is that opened my other pc with windows 10 on it and the message popped up immidiately after plugging the flash drive
Thanks for the tutorial man ❤️‍🔥

[@Aryan_Singh_]

thanks man really helped 👍

[@DarienStuart]

It worked thank you!

[@skullplayz597]

thank you this helped so much

[@kryptixsbtw5118]

aw man i had hope for this working and i got to the part of unplugging and replugging and the format disk promt didnt come up, i tried it twice and restarted my pc any help :(

[@toxiccreeper2565]

you have to wait like 10 minutes if your pc is not very fast

[@petr-nr9sl]

you need to open it in file explorer

[@toxiccreeper2565]

@@petr-nr9sl no, it does that automatically, you just have to wait a while

[@alphasdarkknight7523]

Get a program called rufus and format the flash drive in it then the usb will pop up

[@MONICAPALLETE]

Thanks very much

[@realhri]

Thank you so much.

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[@Muharrrm]

thank you mann :D

[@dorely7837]

Thank you for the video.

[@waledm115]

I will try

[@waledm115]

Thanks u so much ❤

[@sandro4643]

Nice, thank you my friend 😊

[@alifuddinshaikh4967]

THANKS MAN

[@LongingVictory]

thanks again

[@Awcv]

Also works on Windows 11?

[@MARUF.PERIOD]

Yeah it's working 💯

[@hussainjutt324]

really helped a lot❤

[@LongingVictory]

thanks

[@willkb]

can you redownload tails again after?

[@vijayprajapati3974]

Thanks a lot brother❤

[@nftichie]

Works perfectly 🫡

[@DeepRoy1992]

Thank you good sir :)

[@dogmal6203]

oh man, thank you very much

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thank you so much!!

[@bujadin]

Worked tnx man

[@gavinb6055]

thank u

[@IamDevesh26]

Thanks works well

[@ando4440]

I used an external hard drive, didn't know I can't use it anymore after downloading tails. Did not work for me, tried multiple times, took of the hard drive multiple times and put it back again.

[@user-th9bl6ee5c]

thank u this really help me:)

[@TechnicalTipsComputerGeek]

Glad it helped!

[@fabiosntna]

Thank you

[@TechnicalTipsComputerGeek]

You're welcome

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works😄

[@YENdroc]

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[@hadadComputer]

wowo im happy

[@user-hx7pm2ci4n]

format disk didnt come

[@TechnicalTipsComputerGeek]

try again and follow the steps

[@user-hx7pm2ci4n]

@@TechnicalTipsComputerGeek done bro i just picked up where i left off everything worked fine

[@shorts3772]

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[@andyhs6327]

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[@harshwanthyeshwanth3541]

thank you bro