# Formatting USB Drives

If reusing a USB drive from a previous election, follow these steps to reformat the drive. Reformatting clears all data from the drive.

Using a System Administrator card in VxAdmin, select *`Settings`*.  

![Select Settings](/files/BAuaEVJMxUITheSxD2BK)

Make sure the USB drive is plugged into VxAdmin and select *`Format USB Drive`*.

<figure><img src="/files/7s0mDYJUObz45pXclaHU" alt=""><figcaption><p>Select Format USB Drive</p></figcaption></figure>

Select *`Format USB drive`* to format the drive and clear all data.

<figure><img src="/files/mnNaqIM6JkxixS8YXLu6" alt=""><figcaption><p>Select Format USB drive</p></figcaption></figure>


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