Sandisk thumb drive won't delete files

[Donatello.]

I use these thumb drives in all the cars for music. This is the only one of them with the red center, though.

I use disc clean to empty the recycle bin on the drive, but still all the files I deleted stay on the thumb drive.

Anyone have this happen before? Any ideas what the problems is or should I give up & just get another one of the flash drives that are all black?

[KevinC]

Is there a write protect tab that needs to be switched?

[Donatello.]

Originally Posted by KevinC

Is there a write protect tab that needs to be switched?

Nope

[NealfromNZ]

Right click on the drive on a windows system and check permissions. Selected read / write on the master folder , apply try deleting them again

[Donatello.]

Originally Posted by NealfromNZ

Right click on the drive on a windows system and check permissions. Selected read / write on the master folder , apply try deleting them again

That's nowhere to be found.

Also, a lot of the files I deleted that are still there do not even show up in any folders on the drive. This whole thing is odd.

[Lady Jane]

Originally Posted by Donatello.

That's nowhere to be found.

Also, a lot of the files I deleted that are still there do not even show up in any folders on the drive. This whole thing is odd.

If worst comes to worse, re-format your thumb drive.