Ubuntu 20.04 Read only USB

Question

I have an USB of 8 GB, it is somehow set to read only, previously it was working fine, but I think there is some virus or something that has turned it into a readonly system. I just want to remove everything from it and add other things. How can i do it?

I do not have much knowledge, so you can tell me and I will put the output of commands that will help you diagnose the problem.

I have tried a lot of solutions on stack overflow and ask ubuntu but no use

https://askubuntu.com/questions/250286/how-to-change-read-only-pendrive All solutions from above link — Ahmad Anis, Nov 14 '20 at 06:26
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/216152/usb-disk-read-only-cannot-format-turn-off-write-protection Most solutions from this link — Ahmad Anis, Nov 14 '20 at 06:26
https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/216338/430142 this answer sets read only to 0, but in actually the disk is read only so can not do anything — Ahmad Anis, Nov 14 '20 at 06:27
Does this answer your question? USB devices showing as read only and How to restore original size and unboot my bootable USB pendrive — karel, Nov 15 '20 at 09:13

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 13 '20 at 16:56

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You USB drive is write protected.

You may find a small tab on the side of the device which you have perhaps inadvertently moved to set it to the locked position. Change the position of the slider to unlock it.

answered Nov 13 '20 at 16:56

graham

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Sorry, USB does not have anything like this. – Ahmad Anis Nov 14 '20 at 06:27

Ubuntu 20.04 Read only USB

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