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How to delete a partition on a USB drive?

How to delete a partition on a USB drive? Solution: You can do this by using   diskpart   on Windows: Open an elevated command prompt. Run  diskpart list disk Note the disk number that corresponds to your USB drive (it should be obvious going by size) select disk X  where X is the number from step 4 list partition  - There should be two, numbered 0 and 1, each about 7 GB select partition 0 delete partition select partition 1 delete partition create partition primary exit Exit Command Prompt (type  exit  or just close the window) In Windows, go to Computer(or This PC for Windows 10) and try to open the disk. It will ask you to format it. Format it with the default settings and give it a name if you want. It should now a single, unified partitioned drive. Support: If the disk delete partition shows: "Cannot delete a protected partition without the force protected parameter set" then use the following parameters: delete partition override (after selecting...