How to Delete Files off a Flash Drive on a Mac?

How do I Delete Files from my Flash Drive

Plug the Flash Drive into your iMac and open Applications>Utilities>Disk Utility. There, select the flash drive in the left hand column by highlighting it and click "Erase" in the upper right hand tabs, then confirm Erase. Thatll do it. Drag and drop them into the trash, then FINDER > SECURE EMPTY TRASH.

Why Can't I Delete Files from my Flash Drive on Mac?

You need to reformat the flash drive with Disk Utility . If youre only going to use it with Macs, format it as JHFS+ Mac OS Extended Journaled. If youre going to use it with Macs and PCs, format it as FAT32 MSDOS FAT. Formatting it will destroy all data presently on the drive, so back it up first.

How do you Delete Files from a Flash Drive?

Insert the USB flash drive to the PCs USB port.
Open Windows Explorer.
Doubleclick the Removable disk drive letter associated with your flash drive or memory card.
Rightclick on the file that you want to delete and select Delete.
Click Yes to confirm delete.

Why Can't I Delete Files from my USB on Mac?

Mac OS X can only natively read NTFS file systems and cannot write to them so you cannot erase the data off of that disk in Mac OS X. So if you want to erase that file, you need to erase it on your Windows machine.

How do I Clear a USB Drive on a Mac?

Insert a USB drive into your USB port.
macOS will recognize the drive and show its icon on the desktop.
Launch Disk Utility.
Select your USB drive from the list on the left.
Select Erase at the top.

How do you Delete Everything on a Flash Drive?

Connect the USB storage device to the computer.
Open Disk Utility which can be found by opening: ...
Click to select the USB storage device in the left panel.
Click to change to the Erase tab.
In the Volume Format: selection box, click.
Click Erase.