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+---
+title:  Formatting USBs With Linux 🔌🔥
+date: 2024-08-23
+layout: linux
+tags:
+    - media-tutorials
+---
+Formatting a USB in Linux is easier then [burning an ISO](01BurningIsos) and only needs a few quick commands!
+
+* * *
+
+## What you will need 📋
+
+*   A USB drive
+*   A computer with Linux 🐧🖥
+*   The ability to read instructions and to follow them 🧠
+
+* * *
+
+## Formatting the USB
+
+1) The first thing you want to do is plug in your USB stick and identify the USB stick's name.
+
+lsblk
+
+Normally the USB will be something like sdX; a tip on identifying it is by looking at the size of the USB in the table that lsblk gives you!
+
+* * *
+
+2) Now you need to use a program called [fdisk](https://linux.die.net/man/8/fdisk) that will allow you to create a new partition table for the USB, this will format the USB.
+
+sudo fdisk /dev/sdX
+
+You will need to press the following keys to make a new partition table for the USB.
+
+*   o - Creates a new DOS partition table
+*   n - New partition, press enter to all that follows
+*   w - Writes the partition table
+
+Give fdisk a minute to write the new partition to the USB.
+
+* * *
+
+3) Now is the time to give that partition a file system. You should look into this beforehand to see what file system you want, but I will use fat32 because it works with all operating systems.
+
+sudo mkfs.fat -F 32 -n "Backup-USB" /dev/sdXx
+
+The small x represents the number of the partition; the -L flag is used to give the USB stick a name.
+
+* * *
+
+## Finished ✅
+
+All done! Now you have an empty USB stick you can use for all your files!
+
+* * *