# 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](https://4254193728-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-MG9wD-Y3d44SQHvGeTp%2Fuploads%2FWHIn19asTclLMsDuIVNh%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=f95cd78c-7bb4-4e86-81ab-3d01f3fb1601)

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

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

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