How to erase device connected through usb in terminal

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Would you explain how to erase data from device connected through USB in terminal

Please [edit] your question to include the output of lsusb before AND after plugging in the device you wish to erase — Elder Geek, Jan 24 '24 at 02:48
Did you check this https://askubuntu.com/questions/22381/how-to-format-a-usb-flash-drive ? — Marc Vanhoomissen, Feb 01 '24 at 09:31
Does this answer your question? How to format a USB flash drive? — Daniel T, Feb 08 '24 at 07:24

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 08 '24 at 15:58

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Ubuntu / Linux doesn't make a difference between a built-in drive or an external drive, e.g. a USB pen drive.

Open a terminal, navigate to the drive (usually mounted under /media/your_user_name and use either the rm command to delete single files or rm -r directory_name to delete a directory recursively. Or use one of the mkfs commands (e.g. mkfs.fat) for formatting the drive. Remember that for the latter the stick has to be not mounted.

answered Jan 08 '24 at 15:58

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Welcome to AskUbuntu! I think the OP was asking how to erase a device, not how to remove a file or directory from said device, or place a filesystem on it it for that matter. – Elder Geek Jan 24 '24 at 02:52

How to erase device connected through usb in terminal

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