Do I need USB with Win10 files on it?

[theomninick1]

Have a 16GB USB 3.0 which I used to install Win 10 Pro on my PC back in December. I left it untouched, worried that I might need it swiftly for any issues or re-installs. However, I'm comfortably into the PC and don't feel like I really need to do a re-install atm. Since it contains the files downloaded from the Microsoft official ISO on the web, do I actually need this? Or can I just format it? Nothing personal is on it, I just used it to install Windows, switched boot priority to the SSD I installed it on, and haven't used it since. Would love the storage for playing videos on my TV downstairs which has USB ports, since it's the only viable USB I have for that.

 

[Barty1884]

If you could use the storage space, then there's really no need to keep ahold of the USB with Windows on it.

IF you need to reinstall in future, I assume you have access to another PC where you could re-download/create again?

Realistically, it's best to download/create at the time anyway, as you'll get the latest Windows ISO - opposed to an older version where you'll need to re-install all the updates etc.