On Windows 10, you can quickly format a USB flash drive to erase content or fix data corruption using File Explorer, Disk Management, PowerShell, and Command Prompt, and here’s how.

In this guide, we'll show you the steps to format a USB flash drive on Windows 11 using File Explorer, Settings app, Disk Management tool, Command Prompt, and PowerShell.

This article will walk you through how to format your USB key on a Mac, Windows, or Linux PC.

If you are unsuccessful in formatting USB sticks using Windows on-board tools, you can alternatively use the HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool.

You can format your external hard drive or USB drive using PowerShell. Follow this tutorial to change drive letter, create partition, etc.

If you need a USB drive that's widely compatible with different devices, you may want to format it to FAT32. Here's how to do so on Mac and PC.