USB Flash Drive Question

[specialist]

Whenever I delete files from my USB pen drive, the same amount of data is still being occupied on it. Free space doesn’t show up once I delete things – I always have to reformat the pen drive to get the space back. Now, this problem only recently started for me. Is it just my drive, or is there a certain way to format the flash drive with disk utility?

 

[0007776]

make sure that you have emptied that trash while the drive is plugged in and then you should get the space back.

 

[ppnkg]

yes, delete whatever files you want to delete, then immediately empty the trash. (this only happens on a mac)

 

[provence]

finally found an answer

thanks for the info.: I couldn't figure out what was happening as my flash drive said full when I had been deleting all files from it. Emptied the trash, as you said, on my Imac, and yes! flash drive now has lots of space.